Forest Town | |
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  Forest Town  Forest Town | |
| Coordinates: 26°10′19″S 28°02′13″E / 26.172°S 28.037°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1908 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,072 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 29.4% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 7.7% |
| • White | 58.8% |
| • Other | 2.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 65.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.5% |
| • Zulu | 5.5% |
| • Tswana | 3.1% |
| • Other | 16.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2193 |
Forest Town, as the name implies, is a leafy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies between the busy thoroughfares of Jan Smuts Avenue and Oxford Road, and is bordered to one side by the Johannesburg Zoo.
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Forest Town". Census 2011.