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Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa

Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Mondeor
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Coordinates: 26°16′16″S 27°59′53″E / 26.271°S 27.998°E / -26.271; 27.998
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Main PlaceJohannesburg
Established1958
Area
 • Total3.71 km (1.43 sq mi)
Population
 • Total8,021
 • Density2,200/km (5,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African45.1%
 • Coloured16.4%
 • Indian/Asian13.5%
 • White23.3%
 • Other1.8%
First languages (2011)
 • English51.4%
 • Zulu12.6%
 • Afrikaans10.4%
 • Sotho6.9%
 • Other18.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)2091
PO box2110

Mondeor is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Known as the Jewel of the South, Mondeor is set amongst hills outside the urban Johannesburg area but is only a 15-minute drive from the city centre.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Ormonde. It was established in 1958 and its name is an anagram of the old name of the farm.

Parks and green space

Parts of the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve are in Mondeor. The hills lying on the northern side of Mondeor are of sandstone, and those on the south are igneous.

Education

Mondeor currently has four schools: Mondeor Primary, Dalmondeor, Mondeor High School, and Hartford College. Mondeor Primary School first opened in 1953. The initial school building was one converted log cabin at the site of the current tennis club. The school moved to its current location in 1955.

Mondeor High School opened in 1974. At the time there were three class years, standards 6, 7 and 8. An additional standard was added each year thereafter until the first class of Matriculation in 1976.

Popular culture

Parts of the 2010 novel Happiness is a Four-Letter Word (2010) are set in Mondeor.

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Sub Place Mondeor". Census 2011.
  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.
  3. Bloch 2012, pp. 10-.
  4. Anon 1980, p. 110.
  5. Anon 1997, pp. 215–216.
  6. Kalantzis & Cope 2001, p. 130.
  7. "Home". mondeorprimary.co.za. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  8. Jele 2011, p. 279.

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