Cleveland,_Gauteng

Cleveland, Gauteng

Cleveland, Gauteng

Place in Gauteng, South Africa

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.

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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

  1. [1]
    "Sub Place Cleveland". Census 2011.
  2. [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.


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