Albertskroon is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 4.
Albertskroon | |
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Coordinates: 26°09′40″S 27°58′26″E / 26.16111°S 27.97389°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1896 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 943 |
• Density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 32.3% |
• Coloured | 3.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 7.0% |
• White | 40.6% |
• Other | 16.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 33.9% |
• English | 29.7% |
• Zulu | 6.8% |
• Tswana | 4.7% |
• Other | 24.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2195 |
History
editThe suburb is named after the previous landowner and descendants of Hendrick Abraham Alberts.[2] The word Kroon in its name refers to a crown of a hill.[2] The land is situated on the portion of an old Witwatersrand farm called Waterval around 1896.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Albertskroon". Census 2011.
- ^ a b c Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.