Cottesloe, Johannesburg

Cottesloe is a small suburb west of downtown Johannesburg, around 3 km northwest of City Hall, west of Braamfontein, north of Vrededorp and Jan Hofmeyer, and south of Parktown. It is named by the first Minister of Lands, Adam Jameson, after Cottesloe, Western Australia, around 11 km southwest of Perth.

Cottesloe
Cottesloe
Cottesloe's location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°11′42″S 28°2′3″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
CityJohannesburg
Area
  Total0.33 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total1,403
  Density4,252/km2 (11,012.6/sq mi)
Races
  White7.6%
  Asian2.3%
  Cape Coloured3.4%
  Black86.0%
  Other0.8%
Languages
  Tswana16.7%
  English15.9%
  Zulu14.5%
  Southern Ndebele12.3%
  Other11.6%

In 1960, the neighborhood became famous as the site of the Cottesloe Consultation.

See also

  • Cottesloe Reformed Church

Sources

  • Raper, Peter Edmund (2004). New Dictionary of South African Place Names. Johannesburg/Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers.

References

  1. "Subplek Cottesloe". Sensus 2011.
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