Waterval Estate

Waterval Estate
Waterval Estate
	Waterval Estate Location within Gauteng Waterval Estate Location within South Africa
	Coordinates: 26°09′01″S 27°58′45″E / 26.1504°S 27.9791°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1903
Area
• Total	1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,826
• Density	1,640/km2 (4,260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	21.0%
• Coloured	3.6%
• Indian/Asian	6.3%
• White	67.6%
• Other	1.5%
First languages (2011)
• English	50.8%
• Afrikaans	31.4%
• Zulu	4.5%
• Xhosa	2.9%
• Other	10.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Waterval Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Waterval.^[2] It became a suburb in 1903 and takes its name from the original farm name.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Waterval Estate". Census 2011.
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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[census2011-1] 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Waterval Estate". Census 2011.

[Dict01-2] 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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