Forbesdale

Forbesdale
Forbesdale
	Forbesdale Location within Gauteng Forbesdale Location within South Africa
	Coordinates: 26°09′07″S 28°04′55″E / 26.152°S 28.082°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Established	1963
Area
• Total	0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	649
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2192

Forbesdale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a tiny northern suburb tucked between Orchards, Maryvale and Cheltondale. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipfontein.^[2] It became a suburb on 24 July 1963 and the suburb name originates from two developers, Forbes Properties and Robert Forbes & Sons.^[2]

References

1 2 "Sub Place Forbesdale". Census 2001.
1 2 Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.

[census2001-1] 1 2 "Sub Place Forbesdale". Census 2001.

[Dict01-2] 1 2 Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.

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