Blairgowrie is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is named after the town of Blairgowrie in Scotland.
Blairgowrie | |
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  Blairgowrie  Blairgowrie | |
| Coordinates: 26°06′59″S 28°00′34″E / 26.11639°S 28.00944°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Randburg |
| Established | 1928 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,049 |
| • Density | 2,900/km2 (7,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 24.5% |
| • Coloured | 3.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 9.1% |
| • White | 61.6% |
| • Other | 1.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 71.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.5% |
| • Zulu | 4.3% |
| • Tswana | 2.9% |
| • Other | 12.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2194 |
The suburb has an active community association called the Blairgowrie Community Association.[2]
History edit
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the future suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Klipfontein.[3]: 70 The farm was bought by William Grey Rattray in 1890 and renamed it Craighall.[3]: 70 In 1928, his daughter would rename part of the land on the farm after the town Blairgowrie and Rattray in Scotland.[3]: 70 The suburb consisted of 406 stands over 56 ha.[3]: 70
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Blairgowrie". Census 2011.
- ^ "Blairgowrie Community Association". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.
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