Parkview, Gauteng

Parkview is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It borders the suburb of Greenside and overlooks Zoo Lake, a park which lies on the opposite side of Jan Smuts Avenue from the Johannesburg Zoo. All of its streets are named after Irish counties. Parkview is one of the oldest suburbs in Johannesburg, and much of its historic architecture remains intact.^[2] The Alliance Française in Johannesburg is situated in Parkview.^[3]

Parkview
Parkview Show map of Gauteng Parkview Show map of South Africa
Coordinates: 26°10′S 28°2′E / 26.167°S 28.033°E / -26.167; 28.033
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Randburg
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.68 km^2 (0.65 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	3,869
• Density	2,300/km^2 (6,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	24.4%
• Coloured	2.0%
• Indian/Asian	5.8%
• White	63.9%
• Other	3.9%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• English	68.7%
• Afrikaans	11.1%
• Zulu	4.6%
• Tswana	3.2%
• Other	12.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2193
PO box	2122

History

The suburb lies on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Braamfontein.^[4] Its name comes from the view of the park that is now called Zoo Lake.^[4] All of the streets in Parkview are named after Irish counties. At the time of the establishment of Parkview the Mayor of Johannesburg was Irish.

Education

Schools in the area include Parkview Senior School, Parktown High School for Girls and Jan Celliers Laerskool.The suburb is also known for many of its pre-primary’s. Parkview Pre-Primary being the oldest, established in 1958.

References

1. "Sub Place Parkview". Census 2011.
2. "Parkview - Seeff Properties."
3. "Alliance Francaise 2013-06-24 at the Wayback Machine."
4. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.