Cheltondale
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Cheltondale | |
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Coordinates: 26°09′05″S 28°05′01″E / 26.15139°S 28.08361°E / -26.15139; 28.08361 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1951 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.21 km2 (0.08 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 888 |
• Density | 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 19.6% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.3% |
• White | 74.6% |
• Other | 1.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 80.0% |
• Afrikaans | 6.4% |
• Zulu | 3.5% |
• Southern Ndebele | 2.8% |
• Other | 7.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2192 |
Cheltondale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.[1]
History
[edit]The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipfontein.[2] It was established in 1951 and was named after the developer, H. Dare's hometown Cheltondale, Gloucestershire.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Sub Place Cheltondale". 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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