Laudium

Laudium is an Indian township of Pretoria (Tshwane metropolitan area), South Africa. It was a settlement formed under the apartheid government as part of their segregation policy aimed at moving ethnic groups out of Marabastad and central Pretoria, which were being zoned as 'White Areas' around 1950. Laudium was proclaimed an Indian township in 1961.\nLaudium consists of 3 extensions which were completed in 1976, 1978 and 1983, respectively The original name for Laudium was Claudius, (originally reserved for White residents), named after a Claudius Marais de Vries who owned a \nfarm called Mooiplats and was the mayor of Pretoria at the time. An extension of Laudium is still called Claudius

Table of contents

1 Geographic Data 2 Schools 3 See also 4 External links

Geographic Data

\n Latitude : -25.7833\n Longitude : 28.1000\n Altitude (meters) : 1445\n Altitude (feet) : 4744\n Time zone : UTC+2

Schools

\n Public Schools \n Laudium Secondary School\n Himalaya Secondary School\n Laudium Primary School\n Andrew Anthony Primary School\n Laudium Heights Primary School\n Hillside Primary School\n Jackaranda Primary School\n \n Private Schools\n Rosina Sedibane Sports School \n Pretoria Muslim School

See also

\n*Laudio and Llodio are the Basque and Spanish names of a certain Basque town.

External links

\n* A description of Laudium\n* SA History\n