Birdhaven, Gauteng

Birdhaven
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Location within Greater Johannesburg Birdhaven
Coordinates: 26°08′23″S 28°03′18″E / 26.13972°S 28.05500°E / -26.13972; 28.05500Coordinates: 26°08′23″S 28°03′18″E / 26.13972°S 28.05500°E / -26.13972; 28.05500
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1949
Area^[1]
• Total	1.08 km² (0.42 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	984
• Density	910/km² (2,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	29.9%
• Coloured	1.3%
• Indian/Asian	6.8%
• White	59.8%
• Other	2.2%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• English	65.7%
• Zulu	6.8%
• Tswana	6.0%
• Afrikaans	5.9%
• Other	15.6%
Postal code (street)	2196

Birdhaven is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is adjacent to the surburb of Melrose. It is located in Region E.

History

The suburb is situated on parts of the old Witwatersrand farms called Syferfontein and Zandfontein.^[2] It would be proclaimed as suburb on 8 October 1949 and its name is derived from either the bird sanctuary next door or Jack Bird Barregar and the company Bird Investments.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Birdhaven". 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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