Fairmount is a suburb of
Johannesburg
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,
South Africa
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. It is a small suburb tucked between
Glenhazel
Glenhazel is a suburb of the Municipality of Johannesburg, South Africa.
It is located in Region E, bordering Fairmount, Sandringham, Lyndhurst and Percelia Estate. The area lies on a sloping hill with a park in the valley.
History
The subur ...
and
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. It is located in Region E of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
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History
Prior to the discovery of gold on the
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 ...
in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called ''Klipfontein''.
It became a suburb on 23 March 1938, developed by Leslie John Elderkin and the suburb name originates after a visit by the former to the Fairmount Hotel in Livingstone.
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References
Johannesburg Region E
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