Evaton

Evaton
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Coordinates: 26°31′39″S 27°50′48″E / 26.52750°S 27.84667°E / -26.52750; 27.84667
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	Sedibeng
Municipality	Emfuleni
Area [1]
• Total	28.37 km2 (10.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	254,678
• Density	9,000/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Sotho	60.7%
• Zulu	19.5%
• Xhosa	7.2%
• Tswana	2.8%
• Other	9.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1984
PO box	1985
Area code	016

Evaton is a township north of Sebokeng, that's divided into three; Evaton Central, Evaton West (popularily known as "Mkhelele") and Evaton North, in the Emfuleni Local Municipality of Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1904. Like other townships in the area, Evaton was affected by the violent unrest which erupted in 1984 and by 1985 a state of emergency was imposed.

Extensive information on this township is available in the book by Patrick Noonan called They're Burning the Churches (Jacana Media). ^{[citation needed]}