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Melville | |
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 Melville, Johannesburg | |
  Melville  Melville | |
| Coordinates:26°10′33″S28°0′32″E / 26.17583°S 28.00889°E /-26.17583; 28.00889 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1896 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,355 |
| • Density | 1,950/km2 (5,050/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 33.4% |
| • Coloured | 3.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 5.2% |
| • White | 55.6% |
| • Other | 2.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 50.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 22.7% |
| • Zulu | 6.4% |
| • Tswana | 4.5% |
| • Other | 15.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2092 |
| PO box | 2109 |
Melville is abohemiansuburb ofJohannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa. It is the location of manyrestaurants andtaverns, which are mostly frequented bystudents from the nearbyUniversity of Johannesburg, located inAuckland Park, and theUniversity of the Witwatersrand, located inBraamfontein. It is one of the city's most popular tourist destinations. The suburb is to the west of the Johannesburg CBD. It is located in Region B of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Prior to the discovery of gold on theWitwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land of one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, calledBraamfontein.[2] The suburb was proclaimed on 5 October 1896, and is named after theland surveyor, Edward Harker Vincent Melvill.[2] In the public sale notice, the suburb was described as a "picturesque and healthy spot in the vicinity of Johannesburg with a magnificent view of the wooded country to the north with the blue Pretoria ranges stretching like lines of steel against the horizon".
Melville is also well known for theMelville Koppies (anarcheological site, with rolling hills of grassland with views over the city), and is near the historic suburb ofSophiatown.
The area, along withParkhurst,Greenside,Parkview,Norwood andEmmarentia, is one of the many areas of the Northern Suburbs still to have high streets with cafes, restaurants and shops lining the streets rather than in enclosedshopping centres. In Melville, the majority of these are located along7th Street, although there are also several on other streets, such as 4th Avenue and Main Street (where there is also a supermarket).
There are over 30guest houses in the vicinity, and Melville is a popular stopover in Johannesburg for tourists. On 7th Street, in addition to restaurants, there are several bars and a tattoo studio; the street is a popular hang-out for the cosmopolitan crowd.
The popularsoap opera,7de Laan, used views of 7th Street, Melville in its opening visuals.[3]
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