Editing Doornkop (section)

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| name                    = Doornkop
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|26|13|58|S|27|47|0|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gauteng]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality|City of Johannesburg]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| subdivision_name4       = [[Soweto]]
| established_title       = Established
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = {{#tag:ref |{{cite web |url=http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/77426008 |title = Sub Place Doornkop |work=Census 2001}} |name=census2001}}
| area_total_km2          = 1.25
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="census2001" />
| population_total        = 8740
| population_as_of        = 2001
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
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| postal2_code            = 1821
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'''Doornkop''' (literally "thorn hill") is a ridge and locality on the western outskirts of [[Soweto]] in the [[Gauteng Province]], [[South Africa]]. The area is currently being subsumed by the westward expansion of [[Soweto]] and the eastward growth of [[Krugersdorp]]'s [[Kagiso]] township. Suburbs include [[Tshepisong]], Leratong Village, Bambayi and Thulani. Doornkop is also known as Thulani, Snakepark and Silvertown.

There is another place named [[Doornkop, Mpumalanga|Doornkop]], a community 15 km north of [[Middelburg, Mpumalanga|Middelburg]] in the [[Steve Tshwete Local Municipality]]<ref>http://www.stevetshwetelm.gov.za/ </ref> in [[Mpumalanga]].