Protea Glen

Protea Glen is a township of the City of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa, located north of Lenasia and west of Soweto. The suburb was developed in the 1990s for middle-class residents.^[2]

Protea Glen
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Coordinates: 26.2804°S 27.8204°E / -26.2804; 27.8204
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Soweto
Area [1]
• Total	13.12 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	75,634
• Density	5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.0%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	34.3%
• Sotho	15.8%
• Tswana	10.7%
• Tsonga	10.2%
• Other	29.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1818
PO box	1819
Website	http://proteaglen.co.za/

The first shopping mall in the town, Protea Glen Mall, opened in October 2012.^[3]

References

1. "Sub Place Protea Glen". Census 2011.
2. (5 June 2013). As the Black Middle Class Grows In S. Africa, So Does Need For Better Housing Archived 2014-02-19 at archive.today, Empower Magazine
3. (2 October 2012). New Soweto mall, The Sowetan