Lorentzville
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Location within Greater Johannesburg
Lorentzville
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 0.40 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,032 |
| • Density | 7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
| • Black African | 90.0% |
| • Coloured | 4.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.8% |
| • White | 2.3% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • Zulu | 27.5% |
| • English | 19.2% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 10.2% |
| • Xhosa | 7.4% |
| • Other | 35.6% |
| Postal code (street) | 2094 |
Lorentzville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg central business district (CBD), tucked between the suburbs of Bertrams and Judith's Paarl, with Troyeville to the south. It is located in Region F.
History
The suburb was founded on one of the original farms on the Witwatersrand, after a strip of land was sold from the farm Doornfontein.[2]:158 The suburbs name has its origins in the name of the Lorentz family, who had lived both in Pretoria and on the Witwatersrand in the Bezuidenhout Valley.[2]:156
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