Faerie Glen is a large suburb of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It is a well-developed area, lying to the east of the city centre and adjacent to the Faerie Glen Nature Reserve.
Faerie Glen | |
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 View over Faerie Glen | |
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| Coordinates: 25°47′16″S 28°19′0″E / 25.78778°S 28.31667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Main Place | Pretoria |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 20,444 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 17.1% |
| • Coloured | 1.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.8% |
| • White | 78.0% |
| • Other | 1.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 60.1% |
| • English | 24.6% |
| • Northern Sotho | 2.0% |
| • Sotho | 1.9% |
| • Other | 11.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0081 |
| PO box | 0043 |
| Area code | 012 |
When it was first established in 1974, it was the most eastern suburb of Pretoria, but the city has since considerably expanded eastwards and southwards.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Faerie Glen". Census 2011.
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