Lenasia

Lenasia Lenz
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Coordinates: 26°19′1″S 27°49′40″E / 26.31694°S 27.82778°E / -26.31694; 27.82778
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	20.28 km2 (7.83 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	89,714
• Density	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	40.4%
• Coloured	2.6%
• Indian/Asian	55.9%
• White	0.2%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	55.4%
• Zulu	8.8%
• Tswana	8.2%
• Sotho	6.4%
• Other	21.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1821
PO box	1827
Area code	011

Lenasia, also known as Lenz, is a suburb south of Soweto in the Gauteng province, South Africa, originally created to house Indians. It is part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Lenasia is approximately 35 kilometres southwest of the Johannesburg Central Business District.