Fourways | |
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Coordinates: 26°1′16″S 28°0′33″E / 26.02111°S 28.00917°E | |
Country o | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Sandton |
Area | |
• Total | 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,860 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 22.1% |
• Coloured | 1.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.3% |
• White | 70.4% |
• Other | 1.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 73.0% |
• Afrikaans | 7.6% |
• Zulu | 4.4% |
• Northern Sotho | 2.2% |
• Other | 12.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2191 |
PO box | 2055 |
Area code | 011 |
The area referred to as Fourways (which is a collection of suburbs, including the traditional suburb of Fourways) is the fastest-developing commercial and residential hub in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. The main access routes to Fourways are off the N1 at R511 Winnie Mandela Drive, or alternatively along R564 Witkoppen Road. It is located mostly in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is roughly as far as one can go in the Johannesburg Metropolitan area before it dissolves into rolling hills, game farms and the capital Pretoria, 55 kilometres to the northeast. Hartebeespoort Dam and the Magaliesberg Mountains lie half an hour to the north-west. It is bordered by Bryanston to the east and south and Randburg to the west.
The Fourways area is also home to the Fourways Mall which became the largest shopping centre in Africa post an extensive upgrade.[2] Montecasino, which is a leisure and casino complex, is also located in the Fourways district.