Waterval Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Waterval Estate | |
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  Waterval Estate  Waterval Estate | |
| Coordinates: 26°09′01″S 27°58′45″E / 26.1504°S 27.9791°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1903 |
| 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 | 21.0% |
| • Coloured | 3.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 6.3% |
| • White | 67.6% |
| • Other | 1.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 50.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 31.4% |
| • Zulu | 4.5% |
| • Xhosa | 2.9% |
| • Other | 10.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
History
editPrior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Waterval.[2] It became a suburb in 1903 and takes its name from the original farm name.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Waterval Estate". 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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