Forbesdale

Forbesdale
Forbesdale
	Forbesdale Forbesdale
	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 (0.09 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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Sub Place Forbesdale". Census 2001.
^ ^a ^b 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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[census2001-1] "Sub Place Forbesdale". Census 2001.

[Dict01-2] 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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