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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Selby | |
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Coordinates: 26°13′01″S 28°01′52″E / 26.217°S 28.031°E / -26.217; 28.031 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1928 |
Area | |
• Total | 3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,323 |
• Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 96.8% |
• Coloured | 1.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 0.9% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 31.0% |
• Xhosa | 10.2% |
• English | 8.5% |
• Southern Ndebele | 6.7% |
• Other | 43.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2001 |
Selby 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 Turffontein.[2] The area was originally mining land on which two mine's, Village Main and Ferreira Gold, were established.[2] It was established as a suburb in 1928 and is named after mine manager Paul Selby of Ferreira Deep.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Selby". Census 2011.
- ^ a b c 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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