Erasmia is a suburb in the northern outskirts of

Centurion A centurion (; la, centurio , . la, centuriones, label=none; grc-gre, κεντυρίων, kentyríōn, or ) was a position in the Roman army during classical antiquity, nominally the commander of a century (), a military unit of around 80 le ...

in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Originally a whites-only area under

apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

, increasing numbers of

Indians Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

from neighbouring Laudium moved in, following the abolition of segregation in the early 1990s, and the construction of a direct link road between the two areas. Erasmia lies west of the R55 route. In 2001, 65.72% of the population was Indian,Sub Place Erasmia
''Census 2001'' and by 2011, Indians made up 77.03% of the population. The area called Christoburg is for census and other purposes usually treated as part of Erasmia.

History

It became a suburb on 4 September 1946 and was named after WFE Erasmus. It was created out of the farms ''Mooiplaas No. 69'' and ''Zwartkop No. 476''.

References

Suburbs of Centurion, Gauteng {{Gauteng-geo-stub