Morningside is a commercial and residential suburb of Johannesburg in Sandton, 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.
Morningside | |
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| Coordinates: 26°04′42″S 28°03′45″E / 26.0782°S 28.0625°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Sandton |
| Established | 1950 |
| Area | |
| • 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) | |
| • Black African | 28.6% |
| • Coloured | 2.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 18.1% |
| • White | 48.2% |
| • Other | 2.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 |
History
editThe suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Zandfontein.[2] It was established on 8 March 1950.[2] The suburb may be named for a suburb of the same name in southern Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Morningside". Census 2011.
- ^ a b 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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