Fairland is a residential suburb in northern Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The area is neighboured by Northcliff, Cresta and Darrenwood and is one of the most leafy suburbs in the city. Fairland was developed on land that was originally a farm called Weltevreden. Statistics indicate that Fairland has some of the lowest crime statistics within Johannesburg.^[2]

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Coordinates: 26°7′44″S 27°56′45″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	D10
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Randburg
Area [1]
• Total	5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	9,127
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	22.0%
• Coloured	3.4%
• Indian/Asian	6.3%
• White	67.0%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	55.8%
• Afrikaans	27.9%
• Zulu	3.3%
• Tswana	2.6%
• Other	10.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2170
PO box	2030

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Major shopping centres around Fairland include: Cresta Shopping Centre, Clearwater Shopping Centre, EL Corro Shopping Centre, Fairland Walk Shopping Centre, Trade Centre, Makro etc.

There are a number of schools in the area, namely Laerskool Fairland, and Cliffview Primary School.