Mountain View is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Mountain View | |
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  Mountain View  Mountain View | |
| Coordinates: 26°10′05″S 28°04′55″E / 26.168°S 28.082°E | |
| 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 |
History
editThe 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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