Danville, Pretoria

Danville
Danville
 Danville shown within Gauteng
Danville
Danville (South Africa)
Danville
Danville (Africa)
Coordinates: 25°44′19″S 28°7′37″E / 25.73861°S 28.12694°E / -25.73861; 28.12694Coordinates: 25°44′19″S 28°7′37″E / 25.73861°S 28.12694°E / -25.73861; 28.12694
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Tshwane
Main Place Pretoria
Established 1951
Area[1]
 • Total 1.24 km2 (0.48 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 5,650
 • Density 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 28.5%
 • Coloured 1.5%
 • Indian/Asian 0.9%
 • White 68.6%
 • Other 0.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 69.5%
 • Northern Sotho 5.3%
 • English 4.9%
 • Tswana 3.8%
 • Other 16.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 0002
PO box 0018
Area code 012

Danville is a predominantly White suburb, to the west of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

History

After the suburb's first name of Westlands was rejected, a naming competition was held.[2] The suburb was name Danville after the WW2 commander of the Voortrekkerhoogte base, General Daniël Hermanus Pienaar, with the suburb proclaimed in February 1951.[2]

See also

References

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