Forest Hill, Gauteng
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Forest Hill | |
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Coordinates: 26°15′14″S 28°02′17″E / 26.254°S 28.038°E / -26.254; 28.038 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1903 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 5,744 |
• Density | 7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 69.2% |
• Coloured | 10.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.5% |
• White | 15.7% |
• Other | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 27.1% |
• Zulu | 17.4% |
• Afrikaans | 10.7% |
• Xhosa | 10.1% |
• Other | 34.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2190 |
Forest Hill is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History[edit]
It was surveyed in 1897 and the suburb was proclaimed in 1903 developed by Leslie John Elderkin and the suburb name originates after the red gum trees in the area.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Forest Hill". Census 2011.
- ^ 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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