Unigray

Unigray
Unigray Unigray's location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°14′30″S 28°02′27″E / 26.24167°S 28.04083°E / -26.24167; 28.04083
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
City	Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	0.32 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,319
• Density	4,122/km2 (10,675.9/sq mi)
Races [1]
• White	28.9%
• Asian	2.6%
• Cape Coloured	10.9%
• Black	57.5%
• Other	0.2%
Languages [1]
• Afrikaans	32.4%
• Zulu	18.8%
• English	14.3%
• Other	34.6%

Unigray is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 6 km southeast of City Hall. It lies north of Queenshaven, east of Elladoone, and west of Electron.

History

Unigray is on the western border of Klipriviersberg and Elandsfontein, both once owned by field cornet Jan Meyer). Founded in 1956, it was the last township to emerge on this farm, where Regents Park was the first back in 1904. The name comes from the Union Greyhound Racing Association, though why "grey" was misspelled "gray" is unclear.

Sources

• Potgieter, D.J. (ed.) (1972). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery (Nasou).
• Raper, Peter Edmund (2004). New Dictionary of South African Place Names. Johannesburg/Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers.
• Stals, Prof. Dr. E.L.P (ed.) (1978). Afrikaners in die Goudstad, vol. 1: 1886 - 1924. Cape Town/Pretoria: HAUM.

References

This page was last edited on 15 January 2023, at 13:18