Glenhazel
Appearance
Glenhazel | |
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Coordinates: 26°8′34″S 28°6′2″E / 26.14278°S 28.10056°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1950 |
• Councillor | (Democratic Alliance) |
Area | |
• Total | 1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,991 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 23.2% |
• Coloured | 0.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 75.3% |
• Other | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 76.9% |
• Zulu | 4.9% |
• Tswana | 4.3% |
• Northern Sotho | 3.6% |
• Other | 10.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2192 |
Glenhazel is a suburb of the Municipality of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E, bordering Fairmount, Sandringham, Lyndhurst and Percelia Estate. The area lies on a sloping hill with a park in the valley.
History
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Rietfontein and was established in 1950.[2]: 121
Geography
Communities
Glenhazel is well known for being a suburb with a high ethnic concentration of Jewish people. A large number of synagogues, schools and Jewish seminaries are based in and around the Glenhazel area. Yeshiva College of South Africa is found in the suburb.
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Glenhazel". Census 2011.
- ^ Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.