Jan Hofmeyer

Jan Hofmeyer
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Coordinates: 26°11′28″S 28°00′54″E / 26.191°S 28.015°E / -26.191; 28.015
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1935
Area [1]
• Total	0.97 km^2 (0.37 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,645
• Density	2,700/km^2 (7,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	33.6%
• Coloured	33.0%
• Indian/Asian	3.6%
• White	28.4%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	49.5%
• English	26.8%
• Tswana	5.7%
• Sotho	3.8%
• Other	14.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2092

Jan Hofmeyer is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.^{[citation needed]} The suburb was named after Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (20 March 1894 – 3 December 1948), a South African politician and intellectual in the years preceding Apartheid.

History

The suburb’s origins date back to 1935, where it was created for cheap housing.^[2]

References

1. "Sub Place Jan Hofmeyer". Census 2011.
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.