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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Glenesk | |
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Coordinates: 26°13′55″S 28°02′46″E / 26.232°S 28.046°E / -26.232; 28.046 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1931 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,030 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 49.7% |
• Coloured | 12.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.9% |
• White | 33.0% |
• Other | 1.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 34.3% |
• English | 27.5% |
• Zulu | 9.8% |
• Xhosa | 7.0% |
• Other | 21.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2190 |
Glenesk is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The suburb lies just north of Turffontein and is south of the CBD.
History
[edit]The suburb was surveyed in 1928 and then proclaimed on 30 September 1931.[2] The name has a Scottish origin, named after Glenesk House in Scotland.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Glenesk". 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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