Riviera, Gauteng
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Riviera | |
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Coordinates: 26°9′23″S 28°2′26″E / 26.15639°S 28.04056°E / -26.15639; 28.04056 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1903 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.20 km2 (0.08 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,155 |
• Density | 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 35.8% |
• Coloured | 2.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 24.4% |
• White | 34.6% |
• Other | 2.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 62.6% |
• Zulu | 6.7% |
• Xhosa | 4.4% |
• Tswana | 4.2% |
• Other | 22.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7100 |
Riviera is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Braamfontein.[2] It would be proclaimed as a suburb on 31 July 1903 as is named after the French or Italian Riviera.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Riviera". 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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