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Orlando, Soweto

Field	Value
name	Orlando
pushpin_map	South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
mapframe	yes
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Africa
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Gauteng
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	City of Johannesburg
subdivision_type4	Main Place
subdivision_name4	Soweto
established_title	Established
leader_title	Councillor
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	10.01
population_footnotes
population_total	108813
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
demographics1_title1	Black African
demographics1_title2	Coloured
demographics1_title3	Indian/Asian
demographics1_title4	White
demographics1_title5	Other
timezone1	SAST
utc_offset1	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code (street)
postal2_code_type	PO box
postal2_code	3680
area_code_type	Area code

Orlando is a township in the urban area of Soweto, South Africa. The township was founded in 1931 and named after Edwin Orlando Leake, mayor of Johannesburg from 1925 to 1926. It is divided in two main areas: Orlando West and Orlando East.

History

The township of Orlando was directly involved in some of the most important events of the fight against the apartheid system. Some of the most dramatic clashes between the South African police and anti-apartheid demonstrators occurred in Orlando West. This includes the Soweto uprising where 12-year-old Hector Pieterson was killed. The Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum was established in Orlando West to commemorate those events. In the surroundings of the museum is the house where Nelson Mandela lived for several years while practicing law; the house now hosts the Mandela Family Museum. South African struggle activist and politician Winnie Madikizela-Mandela resided in Soweto during the apartheid era until her death on 2 April 2018.

Orlando Stadium is the home of the soccer team Orlando Pirates of the South African Premier Division.

Orlando East Public Library is the oldest public library in Soweto, dating to at least 1950.

Notes

Gallery

Image:Mandela museum soweto.jpg|Mandela Family Museum (Orlando West) Image:Hector Pieterson Memorial.jpg|Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum (Orlando West) Image:Orlando East Library.jpg|Orlando East Public Library Image:Regina mundi church, soweto.JPG|The Regina Mundi church in Moroka, Soweto

References

Sum of [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798026032 Orlando West] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798026037 Orlando East].
''[http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsga/hector-pieterson-memorial-site.htm Hector Pieterson Memorial Site]''
''[http://www.southafrica.info/mandela/mandela-museum.htm The Mandela Family Museum] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-05-27 '')

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