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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Malvern | |
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Coordinates: 26°12′04″S 28°06′07″E / 26.201°S 28.102°E / -26.201; 28.102 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1904 |
Area | |
• Total | 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 10,525 |
• Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 86.0% |
• Coloured | 6.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.4% |
• White | 5.6% |
• Other | 0.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 39.7% |
• English | 19.2% |
• Afrikaans | 5.9% |
• Xhosa | 5.8% |
• Other | 29.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2094 |
PO box | 2094 |
Malvern is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Situated east of the Johannesburg CBD, it lies south of Kensington and north of the industrial suburb of Denver. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and lies just west of Bedfordview in the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Doornfontein.[2] The area is named after Malvern or Malvern Hills in Worcestershire with the land proclaimed as a suburb on 24 June 1904.[2] It was previously called Morriston.[3]: 177
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Malvern". 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.
- ^ Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.
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