Raumarais Park

Raumarais Park
Raumarais Park
	Raumarais Park Raumarais Park
	Coordinates: 26°07′12″S 28°04′44″E / 26.120°S 28.079°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area
• Total	0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	435
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	51.8%
• Coloured	6.2%
• Indian/Asian	12.0%
• White	22.8%
• Other	7.1%
First languages (2011)
• English	61.3%
• Zulu	9.4%
• Tswana	6.9%
• Northern Sotho	5.8%
• Other	16.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Raumarais Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The suburb lies north of Bramley. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Syferfontein.^[2] It is named after the land owner Magdelena Johanna Rautenbach née Marais.^[2] It became a suburb on 30 July 1947.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Raumarais Park". Census 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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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[census2011-1] "Sub Place Raumarais Park". Census 2011.

[Dict01-2] 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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