Tulisa Park

Tulisa Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Tulisa Park
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Coordinates: 26.249°S 28.100°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1952
Area [1]
• Total	1.09 km^2 (0.42 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,737
• Density	1,600/km^2 (4,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	39.5%
• Coloured	6.8%
• Indian/Asian	5.3%
• White	48.0%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	45.0%
• Afrikaans	26.3%
• Zulu	9.9%
• Sotho	3.5%
• Other	15.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

History

The suburb was established by mining group Gold Fields of South Africa on 24 December 1952.[2]

Economy

The area is the site of manufacturing facilities for heavy mining equipment including bottom dump off-highway trucks.[3]

References

1. "Sub Place Tulisa Park". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
3. South African Mining, Coal, Gold & Base Minerals - Page l 1992 "Tulisa Park, yesterday and today: During the 1970s, the management of Hubert Davies recognised the need to establish a stockholding centre and spares depot near to the company's manufacturing works, and therefore purchased a 17-acre centre at Tulisa Park near Alberton. Today, this site contains the manufacturing facilities and the head office of Hubert Davies Equipment."