Parkview is a

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. It borders the suburb of Greenside and overlooks Zoo Lake, a park which lies on the opposite side of Jan Smuts Avenue from the Johannesburg Zoo. All of its streets are named after Irish counties. Parkview is one of the oldest suburbs in Johannesburg, and much of its historic architecture remains intact. The

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in Johannesburg is situated in Parkview.

History

The suburb lies on land on one of the original farms that make up

, called ''Braamfontein''. Its name comes from the view of the park that is now called Zoo Lake. All of the streets in Parkview are named after Irish counties. At the time of the establishment of Parkview the Mayor of Johannesburg was Irish.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, Parkview had a population of 3,869 people with a population density of 2,300 people per square kilometer. The majority of people spoke English as a first language (68.7%), with others speaking Afrikaans (11.1%), Zulu (4.6%), Tswana (3.2%), or another language (12.4%) as their first language. Most people identified as white (63.9%), with others identifying as Black African (24.4%), Indian/Asian (5.8%), Coloured (2.0%), or other (3.9%).

Facilities

Education

Schools in the area include Parkview Junior School, Parkview Senior School, Parktown High School for Girls, and Jan Celliers Laerskool. The suburb is also known for many of its pre-primaries, Parkview Pre-Primary being the oldest, established in 1958.

Library

The Parkview Library, established in 1962, is a

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serving Parkview. In addition to an outdoor playground, the library has a range of fiction and non fiction books, a children’s section, reference resources, regular programming, computers, and access to free Wi-Fi. More than 2,500 people actively borrow from this Region B library. The library receives funding through the Friends of the Library organization, which holds book sales and other fundraisers to support the library.

References

{{City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, selected=regb Johannesburg Region B Public libraries in Gauteng