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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
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Coordinates: 26°14′21″S 28°5′24″E / 26.23917°S 28.09000°E / -26.23917; 28.09000 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Established | 1955 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2197 |
Elladoone is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F 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 Klipriviersberg.[1] It is named after the developer Arny Hohne's wife, Ella Hohne and became a suburb in 1955.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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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