Waterkloof

Waterkloof
Waterkloof Village in Waterkloof
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Coordinates: 25°46′30″S 28°14′30″E / 25.77500°S 28.24167°E / -25.77500; 28.24167
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Area [1]
• Total	3.73 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,820
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	22.1%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Indian/Asian	2.5%
• White	71.7%
• Other	2.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	44.4%
• English	34.4%
• Tswana	2.8%
• Northern Sotho	2.7%
• Other	15.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0181
PO box	0145

Waterkloof (Afrikaans for "Water Ravine") is an affluent suburb of the city of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, located to the east of the city centre. It is named after the original farm that stood there when Pretoria was founded in the 19th Century.

Waterkloof is a highly sought-after area and has some of the city's most expensive real estate, including hilltop homesteads on Edward and Victoria Streets with views of Pretoria. Like many areas of the city, its streets are lined with jacaranda trees. Many streets are named after British royalty; the main thoroughfares are Crown Avenue, which links Waterkloof with the affluent suburb of Brooklyn to its north, and Albert Street, which runs east–west between the neighbouring areas of Menlo Park and Groenkloof.

Several ambassadorial residences are located in Waterkloof. It is the home of soprano Mimi Coertse, and the location of the upmarket Dube-house in the film Tsotsi. Pretoria Country Club, which has an eighteen-hole golf course, is also located in the area.

Demographics

According to the South African National Census of 2001, 38.6% spoke Afrikaans, 37.5% English, 4.9% Tswana, 4.8% Northern Sotho, 3.1% Sotho, 2.0% Zulu, 1.9% Southern Ndebele, 1.2% Tsonga, 0.7% Xhosa, 0.5% Venda, 0.4% Swazi and 4.5% some other language as their first language.

See also

• AFB Waterkloof, an air force base located in Centurion, Gauteng about 5 km south of Waterkloof.
• Hoërskool Waterkloof, large Afrikaans high school situated about 8 km south of Waterkloof between Erasmuskloof and Elardus Park.

References

This page was last edited on 26 April 2024, at 22:00