Cleveland, Gauteng
Cleveland | |
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Coordinates: 26°12′27″S 28°06′46″E / 26.20750°S 28.11278°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1903 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,341 |
• Density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 97.39% |
• Coloured | 1.58% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.09% |
• White | 0.85% |
• Other | 0.04% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 54.10% |
• Xhosa | 9.93% |
• Tsonga | 5.98% |
• Sotho | 6.73% |
• Other | 23.26% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2094 |
PO box | 2022 |
Cleveland is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Its now a light industrial suburb. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] It was established in 1903 and was named after Cleveland, Ohio and the suburb was the location for storage of mining equipment by American firms.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Cleveland". 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.