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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Chislehurston | |
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Coordinates: 26°6′59″S 28°3′7″E / 26.11639°S 28.05194°E / -26.11639; 28.05194 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Sandton |
Established | 1958 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 253 |
• Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 44.7% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.2% |
• White | 53.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 54.2% |
• Zulu | 13.8% |
• Tswana | 5.9% |
• Southern Ndebele | 4.7% |
• Other | 21.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2196 |
Chrislehurston is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Syferfontein.[2] It was established in 1958 and was named after Chislehurst, Kent.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Chislehurston". 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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