Bellevue is an inner city neighbourhood of
Johannesburg
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,
Gauteng Province,
South Africa
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. Close to the Johannesburg CBD with the neighbourhood surrounded by
Yeoville and
Observatory
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. 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.
History
The suburb is situated on part of an old
Witwatersrand
The Witwatersrand () (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a , north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which ...
farm called ''Doornfontein''.
It was established in 1890 and is either named after the land developer ''Bellevue Township Syndicate'' or the view of the city to the west and view to the
Magaliesberg mountain range in the north.
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Culture
Rockey Street is known for its lively bars and clubs, a hotspot for black nightlife although has a bad reputation for public alcohol consumption and illegal street dealings such as guns and drugs. The neighbourhood shares all its characteristics (both positive and negative) with surrounding and adjacent Yeoville
References
Johannesburg Region F
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