Mondeor

Mondeor
Mondeor
Mondeor
Mondeor

 Mondeor shown within Gauteng

Coordinates: 26°16′16″S 27°59′53″E / 26.271°S 27.998°E / -26.271; 27.998Coordinates: 26°16′16″S 27°59′53″E / 26.271°S 27.998°E / -26.271; 27.998
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Johannesburg
Area[1]
  Total 3.71 km2 (1.43 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 8,021
  Density 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 45.1%
  Coloured 16.4%
  Indian/Asian 13.5%
  White 23.3%
  Other 1.8%
First languages (2011)[1]
  English 51.4%
  Zulu 12.6%
  Afrikaans 10.4%
  Sotho 6.9%
  Other 18.7%
Postal code (street) 2091
PO box 2110

Mondeor is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9. Mondeor is the location of Southgate Shopping Centre.

Mondeor was known as the Jewel of the South. It is set amongst rolling hills, away from the sight and sound of the city, yet only 15 minutes drive from the Johannesburg city centre.[2] Parts of the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve are in Mondeor.[3] Mondeor is interesting from a geological point of view; the hills lying on the northern side of Mondeor are of sandstone and those on the south are igneous.[4][5]

Schools

Mondeor has four schools; Mondeor Primary, Dalmondeor, Mondeor High School[6] & Hartford College.

Parts of the novel Happiness is a Four-letter Word by Cynthia Jele is set in Mondeor[7]

Note and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Mondeor". Census 2011.
  2. Stark 1958, p. 90-94.
  3. Bloch 2012, pp. 10-.
  4. Anon 1980, p. 110.
  5. Anon 1997, pp. 215-216.
  6. Kalantzis & Cope 2001, p. 130.
  7. Jele 2011, p. 279.


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