Blairgowrie is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is named after the town of Blairgowrie in Scotland.
Blairgowrie | |
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| Coordinates: 26°06′59″S 28°00′34″E / 26.11639°S 28.00944°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Randburg |
| Established | 1928 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,049 |
| • Density | 2,900/km2 (7,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 24.5% |
| • Coloured | 3.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 9.1% |
| • White | 61.6% |
| • Other | 1.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 71.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.5% |
| • Zulu | 4.3% |
| • Tswana | 2.9% |
| • Other | 12.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2194 |
The suburb has an active community association called the Blairgowrie Community Association.[2]
History
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the future suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Klipfontein.[3]: 70 The farm was bought by William Grey Rattray in 1890 and renamed it Craighall.[3]: 70 In 1928, his daughter would rename part of the land on the farm after her father, Rattray's birthplace, Blairgowrie in Scotland in Britain.[3]: 70 The suburb consisted of 406 stands over 56 ha and was established in 1941.[3]: 70