South Hills, Gauteng
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South Hills
Suidheuwels | |
|---|---|
  South Hills  South Hills | |
| Coordinates: 26°14′56″S 28°04′44″E / 26.249°S 28.079°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1942 |
| • Councillor | (DA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.20 km2 (0.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 8,715 |
| • Density | 7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 51.0% |
| • Coloured | 12.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.0% |
| • White | 33.4% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 31.4% |
| • English | 24.9% |
| • Zulu | 13.5% |
| • Xhosa | 7.2% |
| • Other | 23.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2197 |
| PO box | 2136 |
| Area code | 011 |
| Website | www.joburg.org.za |
South Hills is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Also known as Suidheuwels in Afrikaans, it is about 20 minutes drive from Johannesburg Central. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg 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 called Klipriviersberg.[2] It was originally called Welfare Park when it was established as a suburb on 23 September 1942.[2] It obtained its current name in 1962, found in hills in the south of Johannesburg.[2]
Geography
[edit]Communities
[edit]South Hills also consists of numerous old council houses.
Education
[edit]South Hills has four schools namely Montanus Primary School (formerly Suidrand Laerskool), Suidheuwels Laerskool, Crestview Primary school and Diversity High school (formerly J.G. Strijdom Hoerskool).
Infrastructure
[edit]Transportation
[edit]Municipal buses cover the main routes from South Hills into Johannesburg Central.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place South Hills". Census 2011.
- ^ a b c 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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