Regents Park, Gauteng

Regents Park
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Location within Greater Johannesburg Regents Park
Coordinates: 26°14′17″S 28°04′08″E / 26.238°S 28.069°E / -26.238; 28.069Coordinates: 26°14′17″S 28°04′08″E / 26.238°S 28.069°E / -26.238; 28.069
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1904
Area^[1]
• Total	0.86 km² (0.33 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	5,703
• Density	6,600/km² (17,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	76.3%
• Coloured	7.8%
• Indian/Asian	2.7%
• White	12.6%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• English	29.2%
• Zulu	17.4%
• Xhosa	10.4%
• Afrikaans	6.9%
• Other	36.0%
Postal code (street)	2197

Regents Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The suburb is found north of The Hill. It is located in Region F.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipriviersberg.^[2] It was established in 1904 and was named after Regent's Park London.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Regents Park". 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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