Cullinan | |
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 The main street in Cullinan | |
  Cullinan  Cullinan | |
| Coordinates: 25°40′22″S 28°31′15″E / 25.67278°S 28.52083°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Established | 1903 |
| Area | |
• Total | 55.66 km2 (21.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 8,693 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 64.3% |
| • Coloured | 2.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 31.7% |
| • Other | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 48.9% |
| • Northern Sotho | 15.6% |
| • English | 9.2% |
| • Sotho | 5.9% |
| • Other | 20.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1000 |
| PO box | 1000 |
| Area code | 012 |
| Website | www |
Cullinan is a small town 30 km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Sir Thomas Cullinan discovered a rich diamond pipe here in 1902 and soon afterwards, on 25 June 1905, the famed Cullinan Diamond, the largest in the world at 3,106 carats (621.2 g), was discovered by Frederick Wells, surface manager of the Premier Diamond Mining Company. It was bought by the Transvaal government and presented to King Edward VII.
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edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Cullinan". Census 2011.
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