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| Coordinates:26°03′04″S27°56′20″E / 26.051°S 27.939°E /-26.051; 27.939 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Randburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 7,521 |
| • Density | 2,970/km2 (7,700/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 27.2% |
| • Coloured | 2.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 11.7% |
| • White | 57.3% |
| • Other | 0.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 66.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 16.2% |
| • Zulu | 3.7% |
| • Xhosa | 2.7% |
| • Other | 11.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2188 |
| PO box | 2162 |
Northriding is asuburb ofRandburg inGauteng, South Africa. It is located in Region C of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The suburb was named after one of the three historic subdivisions ofYorkshire. 'North' was favoured at the time due to Northriding's location north of theCBD ofJohannesburg. The suburb formerly fell under the jurisdiction of the Randburg Town Council before it was incorporated into theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan area. Of the original 3 farms that were joined to form Randburg, Northriding was located on the Olievenhout farm.
Surrounding suburbs include:Olivedale, Northworld, Northwold Garden,Northgate,Johannesburg North, Noordhang and Golden Harvest.
Main streets in the suburb include Blandford, Bellair andMalibongwe (previously Hans Strijdom) with the original entrance roads of Windsor and Smith, Ascot and Hyperion.Northriding includes various shopping centres. Various streams flow through the area, one such flowing from west to north-east is the Olievenhoutspoort.
Miriam Makeba lived in the suburb at the time of her death.
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