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| 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
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| area_total_km2          = 1.25
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| population_total        = 8740
| population_as_of        = 2001
| population_density_km2  = auto
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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]] (http://www.stevetshwetelm.gov.za/) in [[Mpumalanga]].
==History==
===Jameson raid 1895-1896===
[[File:South Africa; English tourists at the battlefield of Doornko Wellcome V0037949.jpg|thumb|English tourists with horses and a cart at the battlefield of Doornkop, 1896]]
Doornkop is the spot where Dr [[Leander Starr Jameson]] was defeated on 2 January 1896 following the [[Jameson Raid]].
===Battle of Johannesburg 1900===
The Doornkop area is also linked in popular history to the third day (29 May 1900) of the Battle of Johannesburg that took place nearby from 27 to 29 May 1900 during the [[Second Boer War]]. The ridge was taken by cavalry under command of [[John French, 1st Earl of Ypres|Lt Gen John French]] while a nearby ridge, now covered by several [[Soweto]] suburbs, was taken by seven infantry battalions, including the following units on the left and right flank.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/repository/battles-and-battlefields/ |title=Hidden in Plain Sight. Johannesburgs Battlefields |last=Engelbrecht |first=Leon |date=2009 |website=defenceweb.co.za |format=PDF |publisher=defenceWeb, Africa's leading defense portal |access-date=16 March 2023 |quote= |page=58}}</ref>
====Left Flank====
* 21st Brigade;
* the City Imperial Volunteers
* The Derbyshire Regiment
* The Cameron Highlanders
* The 1st Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment.
====Right Flank of Lt Gen Ian Hamilton====
* 19 Brigade;
* The Gordon Highlanders.
* The 2nd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment.
* The Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.
* The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.<ref>Gardyne The Life of a Regiment 1794-1816 Map p.177</ref>
==References==
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{{Greater Johannesburg|communities}}
[[Category:Johannesburg Region D]]
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