Forest Town, Gauteng
Place in Gauteng, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forest Town, as the name implies, is a leafy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies between the busy thoroughfares of Jan Smuts Avenue and Oxford Road, and is bordered to one side by the Johannesburg Zoo.
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Forest Town | |
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Coordinates: 26.172°S 28.037°E / -26.172; 28.037 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1908 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,072 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 29.4% |
• Coloured | 1.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 7.7% |
• White | 58.8% |
• Other | 2.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 65.5% |
• Afrikaans | 9.5% |
• Zulu | 5.5% |
• Tswana | 3.1% |
• Other | 16.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2193 |
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