Bellevue, Gauteng

Bellevue
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Coordinates: 26°10′45″S 28°04′03″E / 26.17917°S 28.06750°E / -26.17917; 28.06750Coordinates: 26°10′45″S 28°04′03″E / 26.17917°S 28.06750°E / -26.17917; 28.06750
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1890
Area [1]
• Total	0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	9,323
• Density	22,000/km2 (56,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	96.1%
• Coloured	1.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	1.6%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	26.7%
• English	23.0%
• Southern Ndebele	12.6%
• Northern Sotho	4.2%
• Other	33.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8801

Bellevue is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Close to the Johannesburg CBD with the suburb is surrounded by Yeoville and Observatory. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History[]

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.^[2] It was established in 1890 and is either named after the land developer Bellevue Township Syndicate or the view of the city to the west and view to the Magaliesberg mountain range in the north.^[2]

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