Bellevue | |
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Coordinates: 26°10′45″S 28°04′03″E / 26.17917°S 28.06750°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1890 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 9,323 |
• Density | 22,000/km2 (56,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 96.1% |
• Coloured | 1.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 1.6% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 26.7% |
• English | 23.0% |
• Southern Ndebele | 12.6% |
• Northern Sotho | 4.2% |
• Other | 33.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 8801 |
Bellevue is an inner city neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Close to the Johannesburg CBD with the neighbourhood surrounded by Yeoville and Observatory. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It shares the same praise and notoriety as its surrounding neighbourhood Yeoville.
The neighbourhood today is usually called Yeoville due to their very close proximity, same demographics and notoriety, leading to the whole area now known as Greater Yeoville, combining Bellevue, Bellevue East and Yeoville. It is home to the Yeoville Hotel.