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Dewetshof | |
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  Dewetshof Dewetshof's location in Gauteng | |
| Coordinates:26°11′S28°06′E / 26.183°S 28.100°E /-26.183; 28.100 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| City | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,425 |
| • Density | 1,040/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Races | |
| • White | 38.4% |
| • Asian | 10.6% |
| • Cape Coloured | 13.4% |
| • Black | 36.6% |
| • Other | 1.1% |
| Languages | |
| • English | 59.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 14.2% |
| • Zulu | 6.0% |
| • Xhosa | 3.5% |
| • Other | 16.9% |
Dewetshof is a suburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa.
It lies around 5.5 km northeast of City Hall betweenObservatory andCyrildene, north of Observatory Hill. It bordersBezuidenhout Valley on the southwest,Kensington on the south, andBruma on the southeast. In November 2017, thereal estate website property24.com listed 23 homes for sale in Dewetshof, 15 selling for more than R2 million. The most expensive was R3.85 million and the cheapest at R1.39 million.[2]
Dewetshof is named forChief Justice of South AfricaNicolaas Jacobus de Wet. Johannesburg City Council laid it out as plot No. 24 ofDoornfontein Farm, and it was officially founded on December 1, 1954. The streets are named for famous people and ships from the early history of South Africa, including Dias, Tulbagh, De Mist, Da Gama, Woltemade en Adam Tas.
