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

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Elandsfontein.^[2] It became a suburb on 27 July 1949.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Electron". Census 2011.
^ ^a ^b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
^ Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa / 4 Dev - For. Internet Archive. Cape Town : Nasou. 1971. ISBN 978-0-625-00320-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[census2011-1] "Sub Place Electron". Census 2011.

[Dict01-2] Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.

[3] Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa / 4 Dev - For. Internet Archive. Cape Town : Nasou. 1971. ISBN 978-0-625-00320-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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