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Albertskroon
Albertskroon
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Albertskroon is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 4.
Key Information
Albertskroon | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 26°09′40″S 27°58′26″E / 26.16111°S 27.97389°E / -26.16111; 27.97389 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1896 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 943 |
| • Density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 32.3% |
| • Coloured | 3.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 7.0% |
| • White | 40.6% |
| • Other | 16.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 33.9% |
| • English | 29.7% |
| • Zulu | 6.8% |
| • Tswana | 4.7% |
| • Other | 24.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2195 |
The suburb is named after the previous landowner and descendants of Hendrick Abraham Alberts.[2] The word Kroon in its name refers to a crown of a hill.[2] The land is situated on the portion of an old Witwatersrand farm called Waterval around 1896.[2]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Albertskroon". Census 2011.
- ^ a b c Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
