Waverley | |
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  Waverley  Waverley | |
| Coordinates:26°08′10″S28°4′42″E / 26.13611°S 28.07833°E /-26.13611; 28.07833 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1903 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,419 |
| • Density | 1,770/km2 (4,570/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 31.17% |
| • Coloured | 0.74% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.74% |
| • White | 65.48% |
| • Other | 0.91% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 74.35% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.59% |
| • Zulu | 5.47% |
| • Sotho | 0.95% |
| • Other | 13.64% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2090 |
| PO box | 0135 |
Waverley is a suburb ofJohannesburg, South Africa. A suburb in northern Johannesburg, it is surrounded byBramley,Highlands North andSavoy Estate. It is located in Region E of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Waverley is located close to the M1 highway, running North and South through Johannesburg.
The suburb is situated on part of an oldWitwatersrand farm calledSyferfontein.[2] It was proclaimed as a suburb on 9 April 1903. Its name has like many of the suburbs around it, a Scottish theme, named after the novelWaverley bySir Walter Scott.[2]
The suburb has two schools.Waverley Girls' High School which opened in January 1953. The other isSt Mary's School, an Anglican Church girls school which opened on the site in 1934 but whose history goes back to its origins in 1888 inJeppestown.[3]
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