Dunkeld, Gauteng

Dunkeld
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Coordinates: 26°8′10″S28°2′21″E / 26.13611°S 28.03917°E / -26.13611; 28.03917
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	1.38 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	1,473
• Density	1,070/km2 (2,760/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	28.6%
•  Coloured	1.8%
•  Indian/Asian	2.9%
•  White	64.4%
• Other	2.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  English	65.1%
•  Afrikaans	11.3%
•  Zulu	5.4%
•  Northern Sotho	2.8%
• Other	15.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2196

Dunkeld is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is bordered by the suburbs of Hyde Park and Illovo to the north, Melrose to the east, Rosebank in the south and to the west, Dunkeld West.

Origin of the name

The Dunkeld suburbs name has it origin in a small town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. ^[2] The township was laid out in 1904. ^{[3] : 163} The main street through the suburb, Bompass Street, is named after accountant and real estate pioneer Frank W.R. Bompass. ^{[3] : 170}

References

1. "Sub Place Dunkeld". Census 2011.
2. Kendall, Ian (October 2009). "Scottish Place Names - Johannesburg, South Africa". Ian Kendall. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
3. Leyds, Gerald Anton (1964). A History of Johannesburg: The Early Years. Nasional Boekhandel. p. 318.

External links

• Scottish Place Names in Johannesburg, South Africa lists suburbs with Scottish placenames.