Westdene, Johannesburg
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This article is about the suburb in Johannesburg, South Africa. For the suburb in Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom see Westdene.
Westdene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Westdene lies between the historic suburb of Sophiatown and Melville with the Melville Koppies nature reserve to the north of the suburb. Westdene derives its name from its location, literally meaning west-valley. 'West' since it is located west from the city centre and with 'dene' derived from the Old English denu, meaning valley.
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Westdene | |
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Coordinates: 26.1780°S 27.986°E / -26.1780; 27.986 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1910 |
Area | |
• Total | 1.91 km2 (0.74 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,909 |
• Density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 25.75% |
• Coloured | 4.87% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.34% |
• White | 65.04% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 37.42% |
• Afrikaans | 38.03% |
• Zulu | 5.19% |
• Tswana | 5.17% |
• Other | 14.19% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2092 |
PO box | 2006 |
Area code | 011 and 010 |
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