City and Suburban, Gauteng
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City and Suburban is a suburb of
Black majority, according to the 2011-census.[1] It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
.
History
The suburb lies in the
Marshalltown to the west and Jeppestown to the east. Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Doornfontein.[2] Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as gold claims with this suburb was settled by prospectors from Natal and hence called Natal Camp, one of two original camps established, prior to the surveying of Johannesburg, the other being Ferreirasdorp.[2] The area is named after the original mine, City and Suburban Mine, that lay on the southern reaches of the suburb.[2] It was established as a suburb in 1896.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sub Place City and Suburban". Census 2011.
- ^ ISBN 9781868425501.
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