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| Coordinates:26°06′51″S28°01′32″E / 26.1143°S 28.0256°E /-26.1143; 28.0256 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Randburg |
| Established | 1902 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,639 |
| • Density | 1,930/km2 (4,990/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 29.9% |
| • Coloured | 1.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.5% |
| • White | 63.7% |
| • Other | 2.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 70.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 7.6% |
| • Zulu | 5.6% |
| • Northern Sotho | 3.0% |
| • Other | 12.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2196 |
| PO box | 2024 |
Craighall is a suburb ofRandburg, South Africa and is bordered byHyde Park,Dunkeld andParkhurst. It sits in between the busy arterial routes ofJan Smuts Avenue andWinnie Mandela Drive and is located in Region B of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Craighall was established in 1902 by theScot,William Rattray,[2] the owner of a large farm,Klipfontein, which at the time was an hour's journey by horse-carriage to the north of the bustling mining town of Johannesburg. He divided the farm into aresidential development, which he named Craighall after his birthplace inBlairgowrie,Scotland,[2] and a recreational development of lakes and parkland, much of which still exists as the open land ofDelta Park. Craighall was an attractive, fertile piece of land on a gentle west/north facing slope.
The main natural feature of Craighall is the cascading rockywaterfall on theBraamfontein Spruit at the north-west corner of the suburb. It flows year-round but becomes a particularly dramatic spectacle during heavy rain-storms.Waterfall Avenue, the original centre-piece avenue of the suburb, was named after it.
Craighall was originally planned with erven (stand) sizes at just under anacre (3,850 square metres, known as a "Craighall Acre"), although more than half have since been sub-divided into smaller stand sizes. It remains a spacious, treed residential suburb with abundant bird-life, yet located within 6 minutes drive ofSandton.
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