Morningside, Gauteng

Morningside
Morningside
 Morningside shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg
Morningside
Morningside
Morningside (South Africa)
Morningside
Morningside (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°04′42″S 28°03′45″E / 26.0782°S 28.0625°E / -26.0782; 28.0625Coordinates: 26°04′42″S 28°03′45″E / 26.0782°S 28.0625°E / -26.0782; 28.0625
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Sandton
Established 1950
Area[1]
 • Total 6.24 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 15,723
 • Density 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 28.6%
 • Coloured 2.2%
 • Indian/Asian 18.1%
 • White 48.2%
 • Other 2.9%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • English 65.9%
 • Afrikaans 5.7%
 • Zulu 4.3%
 • Tswana 2.4%
 • Other 21.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 2196
PO box 2057

Morningside is a commercial and residential suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. As a part of the former Sandton municipality, it constitutes many affluent residential areas as well as small and medium business enterprises, clinics, schools, hotels and shopping centres.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Zandfontein.[2] It was established on the 8 March 1950.[2] The suburb may be named for a suburb of the same name in southern Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

References

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