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Florida Glen | |
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  Florida Glen  Florida Glen | |
| Coordinates:26°09′54″S27°56′35″E / 26.165°S 27.943°E /-26.165; 27.943 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Roodepoort |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.13 km2 (0.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,400 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 15.5% |
| • Coloured | 14.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 10.5% |
| • White | 58.5% |
| • Other | 1.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 48.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 37.3% |
| • Tswana | 2.7% |
| • Sotho | 2.5% |
| • Other | 8.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1709 |
| PO box | 1708 |
Florida Glen is a small, primarily residential suburb on the eastern edge of the city ofRoodepoort.TheN1 freeway (Western Bypass) runs through Florida Glen, and intersects at the Gordon Road offramp. The main road through Florida Glen was Lange Ave, until the building of the N1 Western Bypass in the 1980s, which diverted traffic onto the busy Gordon Road. Florida Glen is flanked by Quellerina to the north and Delarey to the south, Bergbron andNorthcliff to the east, andFlorida Hills, andNewlands to the west. For many years its residents were Afrikaans- and English-speaking white middle-class families. In the 1990s and following it became an attractive suburb for black, coloured and indian middle-class families from nearby Coronation, Newlands,Soweto andLenasia,[citation needed] as it is easily accessible from the city and the N1 Western Bypass. Florida Glen has no schools of its own,[citation needed] and there are few churches and community centres - notably theNG Kerk Florida Glen which is visible from the Western Bypass, with its large steel spire.
In the early 1980s a small shopping mall was built at the intersection of Lange Avenue and Gordon Road called "the Glen".
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