Greymont
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Greymont | |
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Coordinates: 26°09′47″S 27°57′50″E / 26.163°S 27.964°E / -26.163; 27.964 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Randburg |
Area | |
• Total | 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,180 |
• Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 25.7% |
• Coloured | 6.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.3% |
• White | 63.8% |
• Other | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 42.8% |
• Afrikaans | 35.7% |
• Tswana | 4.7% |
• Zulu | 4.3% |
• Other | 12.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2195 |
PO box | 2035 |
Greymont is a small suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
The suburb was surveyed in 1903 and was part of Roodepoort but in February 1939, it became part of Johannesburg.[2]
Culture and contemporary life
They have a vibrant and successful community initiative of revitalising the suburb. A variety of projects are active from clean-up projects to activities to bring them together, such as Yearly Spring Fairs and the Parkrun in the Alberts Farm Park.
Greymont even has a dedicated website showing their latest initiatives.
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A street in Greymont, Johannesburg South Africa
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A pond in Carel Venter Park
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Greymont". Census 2011.
- ^ 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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