Fontainebleau, Gauteng
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Fontainebleau | |
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Coordinates: 26°06′13″S 27°58′36″E / 26.1037°S 27.9766°E / -26.1037; 27.9766 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Randburg |
Area | |
• Total | 1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,826 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 32.4% |
• Coloured | 2.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.9% |
• White | 59.9% |
• Other | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 45.1% |
• Afrikaans | 29.1% |
• Zulu | 5.8% |
• Southern Ndebele | 3.3% |
• Other | 16.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2194 |
PO box | 2032 |
Fontainebleau is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3.
History
[edit]Named after the famous French palace called Fontainebleau by the surveyor of the suburb called W.H. Auret Pritchard after a visit to France.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Fontainebleau". 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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