Kempton Park , Gauteng - Area Info

Kempton Park is a large town situated on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. Kempton Park was established in 1903 when Karl Wolff sub-divided a portion of his Zuurfontein farm into residential stands and named the new village Kempten after the Bavarian town of his birth.

Soon after, the name was anglicized into Kempton Park. In 1952 the Jan Smuts Airport was built on the land next to the town. The airport's name was changed to Johannesburg International Airport in the late 1990s and to OR Tambo International Airport in 2006.

Kempton Park boasts a large industrial zone known as Spartan/Isando which holds many chemical manufacturing and other industrial sites. Kempton Park holds the fastest growing commercial and warehousing area close to the O.R. Tambo International Airport. In addition, Kempton has a large coal power plant known as "Kelvin Power Station". Kempton Park is a quaint residential suburb with marvellous amenities and generally, a great place to settle down.

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