Southdale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Southdale | |
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  Southdale  Southdale | |
| Coordinates: 26°14′24″S 28°01′19″E / 26.240°S 28.022°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1964 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 647 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 31.9% |
| • Coloured | 9.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 21.5% |
| • White | 27.8% |
| • Other | 9.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 54.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 13.5% |
| • Zulu | 6.7% |
| • Sotho | 4.0% |
| • Other | 21.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2091 |
| PO box | 2135 |
History
editPrior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.[2] It became a suburb on 8 July 1964.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Southdale". 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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