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Place in Gauteng, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maryvale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. It is a tiny triangular suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Orchards and Sydenham.
Maryvale | |
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Coordinates: 26.153°S 28.087°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Area | |
• Total | 0.06 km2 (0.02 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 85 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 62.8% |
• Coloured | 8.1% |
• White | 29.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 42.9% |
• Northern Sotho | 15.5% |
• Zulu | 11.9% |
• Southern Ndebele | 8.3% |
• Other | 21.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2192 |
The suburb was founded in 1939 and borders Louis Botha Avenue.[2]: 292 It was surveyed around 1912 and developed from 1921 on land originally on the farm Klipfontein.[3] The suburb's land was owned by Ockert Jacobus van Wyk and was named after his wife Mary.[3] The suburb consists mainly of businesses and a small number of houses.[2]: 292 The suburb is also the home of Maryvale College, a Catholic primary and high school formed in the same year as the suburb though the red bricked church on the grounds was built a year earlier.[2]: 295