Mondeor
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Location within Greater Johannesburg  Mondeor | |
| Coordinates: 26°16′16″S 27°59′53″E / 26.271°S 27.998°ECoordinates: 26°16′16″S 27°59′53″E / 26.271°S 27.998°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 3.71 km2 (1.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,021 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
| • Black African | 45.1% |
| • Coloured | 16.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 13.5% |
| • White | 23.3% |
| • Other | 1.8% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • English | 51.4% |
| • Zulu | 12.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 10.4% |
| • Sotho | 6.9% |
| • Other | 18.7% |
| Postal code (street) | 2091 |
| PO box | 2110 |
Mondeor is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9. Mondeor is the location of Southgate Shopping Centre.
Mondeor was known as the Jewel of the South. It is set amongst rolling hills, away from the sight and sound of the city, yet only 15 minutes drive from the Johannesburg city centre.[2] Parts of the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve are in Mondeor.[3] Mondeor is interesting from a geological point of view; the hills lying on the northern side of Mondeor are of sandstone and those on the south are igneous.[4][5]
Schools
Mondeor has four schools; Mondeor Primary, Dalmondeor, Mondeor High School[6] & Hartford College.
Popular culture
Parts of the novel Happiness is a Four-letter Word by Cynthia Jele is set in Mondeor[7]
Note and references
- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Mondeor". Census 2011.
- ↑ Stark 1958, p. 90-94.
- ↑ Bloch 2012, pp. 10-.
- ↑ Anon 1980, p. 110.
- ↑ Anon 1997, pp. 215-216.
- ↑ Kalantzis & Cope 2001, p. 130.
- ↑ Jele 2011, p. 279.
- Stark, Felix (1958). Seventy golden years. Stark : distributed by Central News Agency.
- Jele, Cynthia (2011). Happiness is a Four-letter Word. Kwela. ISBN 978-0-7957-0354-6.
- Anon (1980). Handbook. Survey, Government Printer.
- Anon (1997). South African Journal of Geology: Being the Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa. Bureau for Scientific Publications at the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology.
- Kalantzis, Mary; Cope, Bill (2001). Transformations in Language and Learning: Perspectives on Multiliteracies. Common Ground. ISBN 978-1-86335-063-1.
- Bloch, Jayni (2012). The Riddle in the Mirror: A Journey in Search of Healing. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-4525-5940-7.
- Hart, G. H. T. (1968). "An Introduction to the Anatomy of Johannesburg's Southern Suburbs". South African Geographical Journal. 50 (1): 65–72. doi:10.1080/03736245.1968.10559433. ISSN 0373-6245.
- Davie, Lucille (August 2002). "Outside the city walls : Jo'burg Summit City". Rhodes Journalism Review. Grahamstown (21): 30–31. hdl:10520/EJC146339. Retrieved 2014-10-20.