Park Central
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Coordinates: 26°13′05″S 28°02′17″E / 26.218°S 28.038°E / -26.218; 28.038
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Established	1955
Area [1]
• Total	0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Population  (2001) [1]
• Total	84
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001)
•  Black African	89.3%
•  Coloured	10.7%
First languages (2001)
•  Northern Sotho	28.6%
•  Zulu	21.4%
•  Tswana	17.9%
•  Xhosa	10.7%
• Other	21.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 ( SAST)
Postal code (street)	2001

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

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Turffontein. ^[2] Established on the old slime dumps of the Ferreira Gold Mine, it became a suburb in May 1955. ^[2] It was named after Central Park, New York, at one time was also waste ground. ^[2] Prior to its reclamation in 2009, the main mine dump was the location of the old Top Star Drive-In. ^[3]

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