Cyrildene
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Cyrildene shown within Gauteng |
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Location within Greater Johannesburg
Cyrildene
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 1.20 km2 (0.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,417 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
| • Black African | 26.5% |
| • Coloured | 3.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 33.9% |
| • White | 31.1% |
| • Other | 5.5% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • English | 55.8% |
| • Zulu | 3.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 3.4% |
| • Northern Sotho | 2.1% |
| • Other | 35.0% |
| Postal code (street) | 2198 |
Cyrildene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is noted for a new Chinatown that exists on Derrick Avenue. This new Chinatown is now considered as the main Chinatown in Johannesburg, replacing the declining Chinatown on Commissioner Street in the inner-city of Johannesburg.
History
Up until approximately 2000 Cyrildene was a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Unlike the old and now largely abandoned Chinatown in Newtown, which was largely made up of second or third generation South African Chinese, new inhabitants of the Chinatown in Cyrildene are overwhelmingly first generation Chinese immigrants from mainland China.[2]
Notable residents
- L Ron Hubbard, lived in Cyrildene in the 1960s for a few months. The building is now used as a museum honoring L Ron Hubbard's contributions to South African peace.[3]
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