Mountain View, Johannesburg
For other uses, see Mountain View (disambiguation).
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Mountain View | |
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Coordinates: 26°10′05″S 28°04′55″E / 26.168°S 28.082°E / -26.168; 28.082 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1902 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 358 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 48.5% |
• Coloured | 1.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
• White | 46.0% |
• Other | 2.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 59.8% |
• Zulu | 17.0% |
• Southern Ndebele | 5.0% |
• Afrikaans | 3.6% |
• Other | 14.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 2470 |
Mountain View is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipfontein.[2] It was established in 1902 and was named because of it view of the northern Magaliesberg mountains.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Mountain View". 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.
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