Cyrildene

Cyrildene
Cyrildene  Cyrildene shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg  Cyrildene
Coordinates: 26°10′23″S 28°06′04″E / 26.173°S 28.101°ECoordinates: 26°10′23″S 28°06′04″E / 26.173°S 28.101°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Area[1]
• Total	1.20 km^2 (0.46 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	3,417
• Density	2,800/km^2 (7,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	26.5%
• Coloured	3.0%
• Indian/Asian	33.9%
• White	31.1%
• Other	5.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
• English	55.8%
• Zulu	3.7%
• Afrikaans	3.4%
• Northern Sotho	2.1%
• Other	35.0%
Postal code (street)	2198

A street scene of the Chinatown on Derrick Avenue in Cyrildene, Johannesburg. (May 2011)

Cyrildene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is noted for a new Chinatown that exists on Derrick Avenue. This new Chinatown is now considered as the main Chinatown in Johannesburg, replacing the declining Chinatown on Commissioner Street in the inner-city of Johannesburg.

History

Up until approximately 2000 Cyrildene was a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Unlike the old and now largely abandoned Chinatown in Newtown, which was largely made up of second or third generation South African Chinese, new inhabitants of the Chinatown in Cyrildene are overwhelmingly first generation Chinese immigrants from mainland China.^[2]

Notable residents

• L Ron Hubbard, lived in Cyrildene in the 1960s for a few months. The building is now used as a museum honoring L Ron Hubbard's contributions to South African peace.^[3]

References

1. "Sub Place Cyrildene". Census 2011.
2. John Matshikiza (January 22, 2007). "Hoe's my China nou?". Mail and Guardian Online. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
3. "L Ron Hubbard Heritage Site". Facebook. Retrieved 5 December 2015.