Morningside, Gauteng

Morningside
Morningside
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	Coordinates: 26°04′42″S 28°03′45″E / 26.0782°S 28.0625°ECoordinates: 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)
• 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

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 8 March 1950.^[2] The suburb may be named for a suburb of the same name in southern Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Morningside". Census 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^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.

External links[]

Morningside - Seeff Properties

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[census2011-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Morningside". Census 2011.

[Dict01-2] Jump up to: ^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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Morningside
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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