Berea, Gauteng

Berea
Berea
 Berea shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg
Berea
Berea
Berea (South Africa)
Berea
Berea (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°11′06″S 28°03′11″E / 26.185°S 28.053°E / -26.185; 28.053Coordinates: 26°11′06″S 28°03′11″E / 26.185°S 28.053°E / -26.185; 28.053
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Established 1893
Area[1]
 • Total 1.01 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 42,801
 • Density 42,000/km2 (110,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 97.1%
 • Coloured 0.9%
 • Indian/Asian 0.9%
 • White 0.7%
 • Other 0.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Zulu 32.9%
 • Southern Ndebele 18.7%
 • English 13.0%
 • Northern Sotho 5.0%
 • Other 30.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 4001

Berea is a suburb of Johannesburg, in the South African province of Gauteng. It is east and adjacent to the Johannesburg CBD. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] It was established in 1893 and is named after Berea, Durban.[2]

Redevelopment

A small central section of Berea is Johannesburg's first residential city improvement district (CID). Since mid-2006 crime in Berea has dropped between 70 and 80 percent.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Berea". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 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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