Chrisville

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Chrisville
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Chrisville
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Chrisville
Coordinates: 26°15′30″S28°01′28″E / 26.25833°S 28.02444°E / -26.25833; 28.02444 Coordinates: 26°15′30″S28°01′28″E / 26.25833°S 28.02444°E / -26.25833; 28.02444
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Established1948
Area
[1]
 • Total0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total1,133
 • Density3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 •  Black African 27.6%
 •  Coloured 17.9%
 •  Indian/Asian 20.5%
 •  White 30.7%
 • Other3.3%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 •  English 57.2%
 •  Afrikaans 16.9%
 •  Zulu 10.1%
 •  Sotho 2.9%
 • Other12.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2091

Chrisville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A large part of the suburb is currently taken up by a mine dump.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Turffontein. [2] It was established in 1948 and was named after the Chris mine shaft, a Robinson Deep Mine, which was named after a chairman Douglas Christopherson. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Chrisville". 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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