Parktown | |
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  Parktown  Parktown  Parktown | |
| Coordinates: 26°10′S 28°1′E / 26.167°S 28.017°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.79 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,936 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 68.4% |
| • Coloured | 2.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 9.3% |
| • White | 18.6% |
| • Other | 1.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 39.3% |
| • Zulu | 18.5% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 8.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 6.0% |
| • Other | 27.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2193 |
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city (both chronologically and geographically). It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town. Parktown is one of Johannesburg's largest suburbs, neighbouring Hillbrow, Braamfontein and Milpark to the South; Berea and Houghton to the East; Killarney and Forest Town to the North, and Westcliff, Melville and Richmond to the West. Originally established by the Randlords in the 1890s, Parktown is now home to many businesses, hospitals, schools, churches and restaurants, whilst still maintaining quiet residential areas. It is also home to three of the five campuses of the University of the Witwatersrand including the education campus, medical school and Wits Business School. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Nadine Gordimer (1923 - 2014), the first South African Nobel Laureate in Literature (1991), lived in a home on Jan Smuts Avenue for over fifty years, until her death in 2014.[2][3][4]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Parktown". Census 2011.
- ^ Magdalena, Karina. "Die miesies hy skryf". Die Burger. 26 November 2011
- ^ Gray, Stephen, and Nadine Gordimer. “An Interview with Nadine Gordimer.” Contemporary Literature, vol. 22, no. 3, 1981, pp. 263–71. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1208279. Accessed 24 July 2024.
- ^ 'Prickly' Gordimer, anti-apartheid star The Jewish Chronicle. 17 July 2014