Faerie Glen is a large suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It is a well-developed area, lying to the east of the city centre and adjacent to the Faerie Glen Nature Reserve.
Faerie Glen | |
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Coordinates: 25°47′16″S 28°19′0″E / 25.78778°S 28.31667°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Tshwane |
Main Place | Pretoria |
Area | |
• Total | 8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 20,444 |
• Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 17.1% |
• Coloured | 1.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.8% |
• White | 78.0% |
• Other | 1.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 60.1% |
• English | 24.6% |
• Northern Sotho | 2.0% |
• Sotho | 1.9% |
• Other | 11.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0081 |
PO box | 0043 |
Area code | 012 |
When it was first established in 1974, it was the most eastern suburb of Pretoria, but the city has since considerably expanded eastwards and southwards.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Faerie Glen". Census 2011.