Eldorado Park, Gauteng
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Eldorado Park
| pushpin_map = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|26.289|S|27.896|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
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| subdivision_name4 = Soweto
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1965
| leader_title = Councillor
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798015211 |title = Sub Place Eldorado Park |work=Census 2011}}
| area_total_km2 = 9.12
| population_total = 65698
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 12.37%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 85.06%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 1.13%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 0.18%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 1.26%
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans
| demographics2_info1 = 56.9%
| demographics2_title2 = English
| demographics2_info2 = 35.7%
| demographics2_title3 = Zulu
| demographics2_info3 = 1.6%
| demographics2_title4 = Northern Sotho
| demographics2_info4 = 1.6%
| demographics2_title5 = Setswana
| demographics2_info5 = 1.3%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code = 1811
| postal2_code_type = PO box
| postal2_code = 1813
| area_code_type = Area code
}}
Eldorado Park is a suburb of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It lies on the southern boundary of Soweto and prior to 1994, was a Coloured township during Apartheid.
History
In 1965, the land was declared an area for the exclusive settlement of the Coloured South Africans under the Group Areas Act.{{Cite book|title=A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg|last=Musiker|first=Naomi|last2=Musiker|first2=Reuben|publisher=Francolin|year=2000|isbn=1868590712|location=Cape Town}}{{rp|111}} It became part of Johannesburg in 1970.{{rp|111}} On 26 August 2020, local resident Nathaniel Julies was fatally shot by members of the South African Police Service.
Notable people
- Liesl Laurie - Miss South Africa 2015
- Liesl Penniken - singer, most famously as a member of Jamali (band)