Greenside Colliery is a town in the Emalahleni Local Municipality of the Nkangala District Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Numerous former mines are located in Greenside Colliery from when mining was the largest industry.[2]

Greenside Colliery
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
MunicipalityEmalahleni
Area
 • Total14.97 km2 (5.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,029
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African74.4%
 • White African23%
 • Coloured1.26%
 • Indian or Asian1.26%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans21.9%
 • Sesotho14.2%
 • Xitsonga13.5%
 • Sepedi11.4%
 • isiXhosa11.3%
 • isiZulu9.3%
 • English7.3%
 • Setswana5.6%
 • Sign language0.1%
 • Other3.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
868009

As of the 2011 census, Greenside Colliery had 428 households.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Greenside Colliery". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Greenside Colliery. Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 28 May 2021.