City and Suburban | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -26.208°N 28.055°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | City of Johannesburg |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1896 |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.07 |
Population Total: | 2719 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 99.4% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.3% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.2% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.1% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info1: | 53.9% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 7.3% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info3: | 5.9% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Southern Ndebele |
Demographics2 Info4: | 5.4% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 27.5% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
City and Suburban is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, just east of the city centre. It is a relatively small residential and business area, inhabited by 2 703 (99,4%) an overwhelming Black majority, according to the 2011-census.[1] It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The suburb lies in the Johannesburg CBD with Marshalltown to the west and Jeppestown to the east. Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Doornfontein. Lying close to the Main Reef gold deposits, parts of the farm were proclaimed as gold claims with this suburb was settled by prospectors from Natal and hence called Natal Camp, one of two original camps established, prior to the surveying of Johannesburg, the other being Ferreirasdorp.[2] The area is named after the original mine, City and Suburban Mine, that lay on the southern reaches of the suburb.[2] It was established as a suburb in 1896.[2]