Fairmount, Gauteng
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Fairmount | |
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Coordinates: 26°08′41″S 28°5′56″E / 26.14472°S 28.09889°E / -26.14472; 28.09889 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 23 March 1938; 81 years ago |
Area | |
• Total | 0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,074 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 30.63% |
• Coloured | 0.56% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.09% |
• White | 68.72% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 70.2% |
• Zulu | 6.05% |
• Afrikaans | 5.31% |
• Sepedi | 3.91% |
• Other | 14.53% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2192 |
Fairmount is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb tucked between Glenhazel and Sydenham. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipfontein.[2] It became a suburb on 23 March 1938, developed by Leslie John Elderkin and the suburb name originates after a visit by the former to the Fairmount Hotel in Livingstone.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Fairmount". 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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