Garsfontein

Garsfontein is a suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It is a well-developed area, lying to the east of the city centre, close to the Menlyn Park shopping center.

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Coordinates: 25.7913°S 28.2935°E / -25.7913; 28.2935
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Area [1]
• Total	7.30 km^2 (2.82 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	19,501
• Density	2,700/km^2 (6,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	17.6%
• Coloured	1.8%
• Indian/Asian	2.0%
• White	77.5%
• Other	1.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	58.7%
• English	26.9%
• Northern Sotho	2.2%
• Zulu	1.9%
• Other	10.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	Boxes: 0042 Streets: 0081
PO box	0042

Education

Garsfontein is served by Laerskool Garsfontein an public elementary school and Hoërskool Garsfontein a public high school, both of which are primarily Afrikaans speaking schools.

Points of interest

• Zita Park is public park which is frequented by families and children, it has well maintained facilities including a paddling pool, water slide, playground equipment, ablution facilities and a tuck shop. According to an article in Pretoria News on August 10, 2006 the park was established on the location of a cemetery for the black community formerly living there. The Eastwood Location was established as a black community on 1905, but under the proclamation of the Group Areas Act of 1950 the area was designated as a white area and resulted in the removal of the black residents.

References

1. "Sub Place Garsfontein". Census 2011.