Laudium
Laudium | |
|---|---|
Laudium Laudium | |
| Coordinates: 25°47′17″S 28°06′24″E / 25.78806°S 28.10667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Established | 1961 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,445 m (4,741 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 19,102 |
| • Density | 3,150/km2 (8,150/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 16.1% |
| • Coloured | 2.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 79.9% |
| • White | 0.4% |
| • Other | 1.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 77.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 11.9% |
| • Northern Sotho | 2.1% |
| • S. Ndebele | 1.1% |
| • Other | 7.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0037 |
| PO box | 0037 |
| Area code | 12 |
Laudium (/ˈlɔːdiəm, ˈloʊ-/) is an Indian township southwest of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Claudius is a residential suburb that is effectively an extension of Laudium.