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Rouxville | |
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  Rouxville Rouxville's location in Gauteng | |
| Coordinates:26°09′00″S28°05′20″E / 26.15000°S 28.08889°E /-26.15000; 28.08889 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| City | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,366 |
| • Density | 5,939/km2 (15,380/sq mi) |
| Races | |
| • White | 39.6% |
| • Asian | 1.8% |
| • Cape Coloured | 2.3% |
| • Black | 55.3% |
| • Other | 0.9% |
| Languages | |
| • English | 47.4% |
| • Zulu | 18.5% |
| • Northern Sotho | 6.0% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 5.6% |
| • Other | 22.5% |
Rouxville is a suburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa, around 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of City Hall.
Rouxville covers 0.22 square kilometres (0.085 sq mi) in the shape of an upside-down triangle, bordersHighlands North to the north,Raedene Estate to the northeast,Sydenham,Bagleyston to the southwest, andHawkins Estate to the northwest.
It was founded in 1896 on part of the farm known as Klipfontein, and its name comes from the Jacobus Petrus Roux (1865–1929), who sold the land to F.D.J. Viljoen in 1895. Like much of northeastern Johannesburg, it was predominantlyEnglish-speaking.
