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Mayfair | |
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  Mayfair  Mayfair | |
| Coordinates:26°12′15″S28°0′41″E / 26.20417°S 28.01139°E /-26.20417; 28.01139 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1896 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.64 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 12,027 |
| • Density | 7,330/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 31.9% |
| • Coloured | 4.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 51.9% |
| • White | 1.5% |
| • Other | 10.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 56.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 4.2% |
| • Tswana | 3.4% |
| • Zulu | 3.1% |
| • Other | 33.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2092 |
| PO box | 2108 |
Mayfair is asuburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa. The suburb is west of the Johannesburg CBD and is adjacent toFordsburg. It is located in Region F of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Prior to the discovery of gold on theWitwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make upJohannesburg, calledLanglaagte.[2] The land was purchased byJ.B. Robinson.[3]: 181 It was established as a suburb in 1896 and is named afterMayfair inLondon.[2]
Although designated a white area underapartheid,Indians began moving into Mayfair some time before the end of apartheid.
Today Mayfair has a large Indian population, along with a significant number ofMuslim immigrants from the rest of Africa. In recent years Mayfair has become populated with a large number of Somalis and Ethiopians. Mayfair is populated by a diverse community economically and remains a vibrant part of Indian city life.
FormerPresident of South Africa,F. W. de Klerk, the last to hold the office before the end of apartheid in 1994, was born here.
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