Abbotsford, Johannesburg
Appearance
Abbotsford | |
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Coordinates: 26°08′35″S 28°03′58″E / 26.143°S 28.066°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1902 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.50 km2 (0.19 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 388 |
• Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 35.8% |
• Coloured | 1.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.4% |
• White | 57.5% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 67.4% |
• Zulu | 9.3% |
• Tswana | 6.2% |
• Southern Ndebele | 3.3% |
• Other | 13.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 5241 |
Abbotsford is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. This suburb lies north-east of the Johannesburg CBD next to Oaklands, Highlands North and Melrose. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
It was established in 1902 and the suburb is named after Sir Walter Scott's house called Abbotsford a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed.[2]
In the early 2000s prominent public figures Hazel Crane and Brett Kebble were murdered in the suburb.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Abbotsford". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
- ^ IOL 13 November 2003 :Kebble and Hazel Crane murdered in same area