Chrisville

Chrisville
Chrisville
 Chrisville shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg
Chrisville
Chrisville
Chrisville (South Africa)
Chrisville
Chrisville (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°15′30″S 28°01′28″E / 26.25833°S 28.02444°E / -26.25833; 28.02444Coordinates: 26°15′30″S 28°01′28″E / 26.25833°S 28.02444°E / -26.25833; 28.02444
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Established 1948
Area[1]
 • Total 0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,133
 • Density 3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 27.6%
 • Coloured 17.9%
 • Indian/Asian 20.5%
 • White 30.7%
 • Other 3.3%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • English 57.2%
 • Afrikaans 16.9%
 • Zulu 10.1%
 • Sotho 2.9%
 • Other 12.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 2091

Chrisville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A large part of the suburb is currently taken up by a mine dump.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Turffontein.[2] It was established in 1948 and was named after the Chris mine shaft, a Robinson Deep Mine, which was named after a chairman Douglas Christopherson.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Chrisville". 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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