City and Suburban | |
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  City and Suburban  City and Suburban | |
| Coordinates:26°12′29″S28°03′18″E / 26.208°S 28.055°E /-26.208; 28.055 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Established | 1896 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.07 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,719 |
| • Density | 2,540/km2 (6,580/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.4% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.2% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 53.9% |
| • English | 7.3% |
| • Xhosa | 5.9% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 5.4% |
| • Other | 27.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
City and Suburban is a suburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa, just east of the city centre. It is a relatively small residential and business area, inhabited by 2 703 (99,4%) an overwhelmingBlack majority, according to the 2011-census.[1] It is located in Region F of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The suburb lies in theJohannesburg CBD withMarshalltown to the west andJeppestown to the east. Prior to the discovery of gold on theWitwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make upJohannesburg, calledDoornfontein.[2] Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as gold claims with this suburb was settled by prospectors fromNatal and hence calledNatal Camp, one of two original camps established, prior to the surveying of Johannesburg, the other beingFerreirasdorp.[2] The area is named after the original mine, City and Suburban Mine, that lay on the southern reaches of the suburb.[2] It was established as a suburb in 1896.[2]
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