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Place in Gauteng, South Africa

Booysens
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Coordinates: 25°42′40″S 28°07′33″E / 25.71111°S 28.12583°E / -25.71111; 28.12583
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Established	1905
Area
• Total	1.67 km (0.64 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,926
• Density	2,400/km (6,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	15.7%
• Coloured	2.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	81.3%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	80.8%
• English	4.8%
• Tswana	3.2%
• Northern Sotho	3.2%
• Other	8.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0082
PO box	n/a
Area code	012

Booysens is a western suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.

History

The suburb lies on an old farm called Zandfontein and was developed from 1905, named after the owner C.H.Z. Booysens.

^ "Sub Place Booysens". Census 2011.
Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.

v t e Communities of City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng
Seat: Pretoria
Cities and towns	Akasia Bronkhorstspruit Centurion Cullinan Ekangala Ga-Rankuwa Hammanskraal Kleinfontein Mabopane Mamelodi Nuwe Eersterus Onderstepoort Onverwacht Pretoria Rayton Refilwe Rosslyn Saulsville Soshanguve Temba Zithobeni	City of Tshwane within South Africa
Suburbs of Centurion	Clubview Cornwall Hill Doringkloof Eldoraigne Erasmia Heuweloord Irene Kloofsig Laudium Lyttelton Olievenhoutbosch Pierre van Ryneveld Park Rooihuiskraal Sunderland Ridge The Reeds Zwartkop
Suburbs of Pretoria	Arcadia Atteridgeville Booysens Brooklyn Capital Park Chantelle Colbyn Constantia Park Danville Die Wilgers Eastwood Eersterust Elardus Park Equestria Faerie Glen Garsfontein Groenkloof Hatfield Hazelwood Kameeldrift Lady Selborne Lotus Gardens Lukasrand Lynnwood Lynnwood Glen Lynnwood Manor Lynnwood Ridge Magalieskruin Marabastad Mayville Menlo Park Montana Park Monument Park Moreleta Park Murrayfield Newlands Orchards Pretoria North Pretoria West Prinshof Queenswood Roseville Shere Silver Lakes Silverton Sinoville Sunnyside Villieria Wapadrand Waterkloof Waterkloof Glen Waterkloof Park Waterkloof Ridge Waverley Wingate Park Wonderboom Wonderboom South

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