Bellevue, Gauteng





Place in Gauteng, South Africa

























































































Bellevue



Bellevue is located in Gauteng

Bellevue

Bellevue




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Bellevue is located in South Africa

Bellevue

Bellevue




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Coordinates: 26°10′45″S 28°04′03″E / 26.17917°S 28.06750°E / -26.17917; 28.06750Coordinates: 26°10′45″S 28°04′03″E / 26.17917°S 28.06750°E / -26.17917; 28.06750
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Established 1890
Area
[1]

 • Total 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Population
(2011)[1]

 • Total 9,323
 • Density 22,000/km2 (56,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]

 • Black African
96.1%
 • Coloured
1.7%
 • Indian/Asian
0.5%
 • White
1.6%
 • Other
0.2%

First languages (2011)
[1]

 • Zulu
26.7%
 • English
23.0%
 • Southern Ndebele
12.6%
 • Northern Sotho
4.2%
 • Other
33.5%
Time zone
UTC+2 (SAST)

Postal code (street)
8801

Bellevue is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Close to the Johannesburg CBD with the suburb is surrounded by Yeoville and Observatory. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.



History


The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] It was established in 1890 and is either named after the land developer Bellevue Township Syndicate or the view of the city to the west and view to the Magaliesberg mountain range in the north.[2]



References





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  2. ^ ab 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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