Paarlshoop
Paarlshoop | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 26°12′06″S 28°02′27″E / 26.20167°S 28.04083°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| City | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.00 km2 (0.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,890 |
| • Density | 1,890/km2 (4,895.1/sq mi) |
| Races | |
| • White | 5.6% |
| • Asian | 7.7% |
| • Cape Coloureds | 15.3% |
| • Black | 70.5% |
| • Other | 0.9% |
| Languages | |
| • English | 20.7% |
| • Zulu | 16.1% |
| • Afrikaans | 15.1% |
| • Tswana | 13.9% |
| • Other | 34.2% |
Paarlshoop is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 4 km west of City Hall. It borders Langlaagte to the north and Homestead Park to the northeast. The name comes from the village of Paarlshoop, the oldest private township on the Witwatersrand.