Albertville, Gauteng

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Albertville
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Albertville
Coordinates: 26°09′52″S27°58′37″E / 26.16444°S 27.97694°E / -26.16444; 27.97694 Coordinates: 26°09′52″S27°58′37″E / 26.16444°S 27.97694°E / -26.16444; 27.97694
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Randburg
Area
[1]
 • Total0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total4,649
 • Density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 •  Black African 49.6%
 •  Coloured 12.4%
 •  Indian/Asian 5.1%
 •  White 32.4%
 • Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 •  English 35.2%
 •  Afrikaans 31.7%
 •  Zulu 7.8%
 •  Northern Sotho 5.2%
 • Other20.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

Albertville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 4.

History

The suburb is named after the previous landowner Hendrick Abraham Alberts with the land being surveyed in 1896. [2] The land is situated on a portion of an old Witwatersrand farm called Waterval. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Albertville". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 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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