Waterval Estate, Randburg
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Waterval Estate | |
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Coordinates: 26°09′01″S 27°58′45″E / 26.1504°S 27.9791°E / -26.1504; 27.9791 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Randburg |
Established | 1903 |
Area | |
• Total | 1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,826 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 21.0% |
• Coloured | 3.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 6.3% |
• White | 67.6% |
• Other | 1.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 50.8% |
• Afrikaans | 31.4% |
• Zulu | 4.5% |
• Xhosa | 2.9% |
• Other | 10.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Waterval Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, is close to Randburg's centre.
History[edit]
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Waterval.[2] It became a suburb in 1903 and takes its name from the original farm name.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Waterval Estate". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
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