Riviera, Gauteng
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Riviera | |
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| Coordinates: 26°9′23″S 28°2′26″E / 26.15639°S 28.04056°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1903 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.20 km2 (0.08 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,155 |
| • Density | 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 35.8% |
| • Coloured | 2.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 24.4% |
| • White | 34.6% |
| • Other | 2.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 62.6% |
| • Zulu | 6.7% |
| • Xhosa | 4.4% |
| • Tswana | 4.2% |
| • Other | 22.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7100 |
Riviera is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Braamfontein. It would be proclaimed as a suburb on 31 July 1903 as is named after the French or Italian Riviera.
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Riviera". 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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