Buccleuch | |
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| Coordinates:26°03′00″S28°06′14″E / 26.050°S 28.104°E /-26.050; 28.104 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Sandton |
| Established | 1938 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.83 km2 (1.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 10,465 |
| • Density | 2,730/km2 (7,080/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 47.8% |
| • Coloured | 4.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 26.7% |
| • White | 18.7% |
| • Other | 2.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 61.6% |
| • Zulu | 8.7% |
| • Xhosa | 5.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 4.7% |
| • Other | 19.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2090 |
| PO box | 2066 |
Buccleuch is a suburb ofSandton, in theGauteng province ofSouth Africa.
The suburb of Buccleuch stands on one of the oldWitwatersrand farms calledWaterfal. The farmland had theJukskei River flowing through it and after the creation of the city ofJohannesburg the road toPretoria, later known as the Old Pretoria Road, also passed through.[2] The farm of 7,030 acres was purchased by John Alexander Gibson, a British immigrant, who owned a coach transport business. The farm was used as a rest area for his businesses horses and mules.[2]
When those animals were no longer used as transport the farmland was kept until his death in 1928 when it was divided amongst seven heirs and was sold.[2] A son, Frederick Chapman Gibson, kept 1000 acres but would sell the eastern portion toAECI the owners of the Modderfontein Dynamite factory in 1938 and the portion left, surveyed as a township divided into 170 stands of 3 to 5 acres with 50 stands on theJukskei River selling for £475 and up.[2] The suburb itself was named after Frederick's family friend theDuke of Buccleuch and the street names after family and friends.[2] Originally spelt Buccleugh it obtained its current name on 23 September 1992.[3]
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