Benrose
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Coordinates: 26°12′39″S 28°4′54″E / 26.21083°S 28.08167°E / -26.21083; 28.08167 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1952 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
Population
(2011)[1]
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• Total | 23 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 21.74% |
• Indian/Asian | 13.04% |
• White | 65.22% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 73.91% |
• Afrikaans | 17.39% |
• Tswana | 8.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) |
2094
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PO box |
2011
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Benrose is a suburbofJohannesburg, South Africa. Slightly south of the Johannesburg CBD, it is next door to Jeppestown and Belgravia. It is light industry and commercial suburb. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] The region of Benrose was named by the property developer Robert Horowitz, whose mother's name was Rose and who had been murdered during The Holocaust.[2] It means "son of Rose" in Hebrew. The suburb was proclaimed in June 1952.[2]
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