Fairwood, Gauteng

Fairwood
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Location within Greater Johannesburg Fairwood
Coordinates: 26°09′50″S 28°05′10″E / 26.164°S 28.086°E / -26.164; 28.086Coordinates: 26°09′50″S 28°05′10″E / 26.164°S 28.086°E / -26.164; 28.086
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1905
Area^[1]
• Total	0.10 km² (0.04 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	349
• Density	3,500/km² (9,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	37.0%
• Indian/Asian	4.0%
• White	59.0%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• English	63.7%
• Zulu	11.1%
• Northern Sotho	6.0%
• Sotho	5.1%
• Other	14.0%
Postal code (street)	2192

Fairwood is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small elevated suburb on the edge of Linksfield Ridge tucked between the suburbs of Orange Grove, Linksfield and Mountain View. Sylvia Pass winds down through the suburb. It is located in Region E.

History

It became a suburb in 1905, developed by Richard Currie and George Henry Goch and the suburb name originates from the thickets that grew on the ridge.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Fairwood". Census 2011.
↑ 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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