Lorentzville

Lorentzville
Lorentzville

 Lorentzville shown within Gauteng

Coordinates: 26°11′24″S 28°04′08″E / 26.190°S 28.069°E / -26.190; 28.069Coordinates: 26°11′24″S 28°04′08″E / 26.190°S 28.069°E / -26.190; 28.069
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Area[1]
 • Total 0.40 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 3,032
 • Density 7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 90.0%
 • Coloured 4.8%
 • Indian/Asian 2.8%
 • White 2.3%
 • Other 0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Zulu 27.5%
 • English 19.2%
 • Southern Ndebele 10.2%
 • Xhosa 7.4%
 • Other 35.6%
Postal code (street) 2094

Lorentzville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg central business district (CBD), tucked between the suburbs of Bertrams and Judith's Paarl, with Troyeville to the south. It is located in Region F.

History

The suburb was founded on one of the original farms on the Witwatersrand, after a strip of land was sold from the farm Doornfontein.[2]:158 The suburbs name has its origins in the name of the Lorentz family, who had lived both in Pretoria and on the Witwatersrand in the Bezuidenhout Valley.[2]:156

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Lorentzville". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 Leyds, Gerald Anton (1964). A History of Johannesburg: The Early Years. Nasional Boekhandel. p. 318.
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