Claremont is a suburb of
Johannesburg
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,
South Africa
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, around 9 km west-northwest of City Hall. Under the old municipal borders, it was one of the westernmost suburbs of the city and bordered
Roodepoort
Roodepoort ( ) is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg ...
.
Location
At its widest, the suburb covers 1.7 km from northwest to southeast, but only 600 m from northeast to southwest. It borders Delarey (formerly Roodepoort) on the northwest, while all the others were once suburbs of Johannesburg:
Newlands
Newlands may refer to:
Places Australia
* Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region
* Newlands, Western Australia, a town in the Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup
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* Newlands Cross, Dublin, named after the former Newlands ...
and
Montclare (named after Claremont) on the north,
Newclare on the east,
Bosmont on the southeast, and Industria North to the southwest.
History
The Johannesburg suburb of Claremont was laid out by H. de V. Steytler in 1896 as part of the 106-ha plot No. 211 of the 1,200-ha
Waterval Estate. In 1906, the area was purchased by the African Land and Investment Company, and in 1944 it was annexed by the Johannesburg City Council.
Demographics
Claremont was never very large in the early years, with only 64 Afrikaans-speakers and 22 English-speakers in 1934, which rose to 97:19 in 1949 and 127:58 in 1961. Perhaps because of the inclusion of Newlands across the southbound highway, the
Claremont Reformed Church was founded as part of the
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK)
The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa. It also has a presence in neighbouring countries, such as Namibia, Eswatini, and parts of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. , though population shrinkage led to this being absorbed in 2011 by the
Waterval Reformed Church (NGK) in Newlands. Laerskool Claremont, on Charles Street, still operates as a parallel-medium (English and Afrikaans) school.
See also
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Roodepoort
Roodepoort ( ) is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg ...
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History of Johannesburg
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Suburbs of Johannesburg
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References
Sources
* Potgieter D.J. (ed.) (1971). ''
Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa
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''. Cape Town: Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery Bpk.
* Stals, Prof. Dr. E.L.P (ed.) (1978). ''Afrikaners in die Goudstad'', vol. 1: 1886 - 1924. Cape Town/Pretoria: HAUM.
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