Raedene Estate

Raedene Estate
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Location within Greater Johannesburg Raedene Estate
Coordinates: 26°08′53″S 28°05′31″E / 26.148°S 28.092°E / -26.148; 28.092Coordinates: 26°08′53″S 28°05′31″E / 26.148°S 28.092°E / -26.148; 28.092
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1935
Area^[1]
• Total	0.10 km² (0.04 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	242
• Density	2,400/km² (6,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	29.3%
• White	70.7%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• English	72.6%
• Zulu	9.1%
• Northern Sotho	3.7%
• Sotho	2.9%
• Other	11.6%

Raedene Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Its found just north of Sydenham. It is located in Region E.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipfontein.^[2] Named after the land owner Rae Sandler and dene meaning a valley, it became a suburb in 13 February 1935.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Raedene 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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