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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Halfway House Estate | |
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Coordinates: 25°59′35″S 28°07′55″E / 25.993°S 28.132°E / -25.993; 28.132 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Midrand |
Area | |
• Total | 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 541 |
• Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 77.1% |
• Coloured | 6.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.8% |
• White | 10.2% |
• Other | 1.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 26.6% |
• Zulu | 12.9% |
• Northern Sotho | 8.9% |
• Tswana | 8.1% |
• Other | 43.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Halfway House Estate is a suburb of Midrand, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
It is a suburb approximately 27 km north of Johannesburg and 18 km north-west of Kempton Park. It was laid out in 1890 and called thus because it was the stop halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria for the Zeederberg coach service.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Halfway House Estate". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 195.
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