Valencia Park, Mbombela

Valencia Park Valencia
Suburb
25°28′3″S 30°59′48″E / 25.46750°S 30.99667°E / -25.46750; 30.99667
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Municipality	Mbombela
Main Place	Mbombela
Area [1]
• Total	0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	853
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Indian/Asian	66%
• Black African	31.1%
• Coloured	21.1%
• White	0.2
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	56.6%
• Swazi	21.1%
• Zulu	2.7%
• Other	19.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1201
PO box	1200
Area code	013

Valencia Park is a suburb of Mbombela in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is situated on the eastern outskirts of Mbombela and approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the CBD.

History

Valencia Park was established in the early 1970s for the Indian population of Mbombela (then Nelspruit) as part of the Group Areas Act.^[2] It borders the suburb of Nelindia to the east, which was also established as an Indian suburb of Nelspruit during the Apartheid era.

Main roads

Valencia Park is situated north of the R104 (Samora Machel Drive) connecting to Mbombela CBD and eMalahleni (via the N4) in the west and Maputo (via the N4) in the east. It is also situated south of the KaNyamazane Road connecting the R40 in Vintonia to the west with KaMagugu and KaNyamazane to the north-east.

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