Rabie Ridge

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Rabie Ridge
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Coordinates: 26°01′19″S 28°10′26″E / 26.022°S 28.174°E / -26.022; 28.174
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Established	1994
Area [1]
• Total	3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	41,204
• Density	12,000/km2 (32,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	90.3%
• Coloured	8.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Northern Sotho	32.0%
• Zulu	16.2%
• Tsonga	9.7%
• Afrikaans	8.9%
• Other	33.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1632
PO box	1688
Area code	1685

Rabie Ridge is a township near Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located east of Midrand (adjacent to Tembisa). It is a township formed due to forced removals of the coloured community from Alexandra and is named after Jack Rabie.

Rabie Ridge has a vast majority of people living there which speak different South African languages like Afrikaans, isiZulu, Sesotho and others.