Cleveland, Gauteng
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
26°12′27″S 28°06′46″E / 26.20750°S 28.11278°E / -26.20750; 28.11278 (2011)[1]
2094
2022
Cleveland is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Its now a light industrial suburb. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] It was established in 1903 and was named after Cleveland, Ohio and the suburb was the location for storage of mining equipment by American firms.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Cleveland". Census 2011.
- ^ 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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