Roseacre, Gauteng
Roseacre | |
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  Roseacre  Roseacre | |
| Coordinates: 26°14′20″S 28°04′52″E / 26.239°S 28.081°E / -26.239; 28.081 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1947 |
| Area [1] | |
| • Total | 0.60 km2 (0.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,709 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) [1] | |
| • Black African | 35.9% |
| • Coloured | 14.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 6.9% |
| • White | 37.4% |
| • Other | 5.7% |
| First languages (2011) [1] | |
| • English | 50.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 17.0% |
| • Zulu | 8.7% |
| • Xhosa | 2.7% |
| • Other | 21.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2197 |
Roseacre is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipriviersberg.[2] It was a proclaimed a suburb on 14 May 1947 and named after the lands owner, William Harrison and his home town of Roseacre, Lancashire.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Roseacre". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
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