Bezuidenhout Valley | |
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  Bezuidenhout Valley  Bezuidenhout Valley | |
| Coordinates:26°11′17″S28°04′28″E / 26.18806°S 28.07444°E /-26.18806; 28.07444 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 9,252 |
| • Density | 5,230/km2 (13,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 64.07% |
| • Coloured | 10.02% |
| • Indian/Asian | 12.44% |
| • White | 11.15% |
| • Other | 2.31% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 45.59% |
| • Zulu | 16.51% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.85% |
| • Ndebele | 3.58% |
| • Other | 16.26% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2094 |
Bezuidenhout Valley is a suburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa. The area lies to the east of theJohannesburg CBD and is surrounded by the suburbs ofKensington to the south andObservatory to the north. It is located in Region E of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It iscolloquially known as “Bez Valley.”
The suburb is situated on part of an oldWitwatersrand farm calledDoornfontein.[2] The farmDoornfontein was purchased in 1861 from B.P. Viljoen by Frederik Jacobus Bezuidenhout.[2] Parts of the farm were sold from 1902 and the suburb stands from 1906.[3]: 67 In March 1949, Willem Bezuidenhout sold the remaining land of 133ha to the Johannesburg City Council for use as a park and to be called Bezuidenhout Park.[3]: 67
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