Salisbury Claims | |
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| Coordinates:26°12′36″S28°02′42″E / 26.210°S 28.045°E /-26.210; 28.045 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Established | 1921 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2001 |
Salisbury Claims is asuburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa. It is located in Region F of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
This small suburb lies just south of theJohannesburg CBD withMarshalltown to the north andWemmer to the south.[1] It was proclaimed a suburb on 26 October 1921.[1] Prior to the discovery of gold on theWitwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make upJohannesburg, calledTurffontein.[1] Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as a gold claim with the mine eventually called Salisbury Gold Mining Company.[1] The area is now a mix of commercial and light industrial usage.
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