La Rochelle, Johannesburg
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
La Rochelle | |
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Coordinates: 26°14′09″S 28°03′16″E / 26.2359°S 28.0544°E / -26.2359; 28.0544 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1895 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 5,131 |
• Density | 6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 87.7% |
• Coloured | 4.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
• White | 6.7% |
• Other | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 18.6% |
• English | 16.1% |
• Xhosa | 9.5% |
• Tsonga | 6.0% |
• Other | 49.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2190 |
La Rochelle is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. South of the Johannesburg CBD, the suburbs of Turffontein and Rosettenville lie to its south. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.[2] It became a suburb in 1895, and named after the estate owned by Josias Eduard de Villiers and the French town of La Rochelle.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place La Rochelle". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
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