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Elladoone

Coordinates: 26°14′21″S 28°5′24″E / 26.23917°S 28.09000°E / -26.23917; 28.09000
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Elladoone
Elladoone is located in Gauteng
Elladoone
Elladoone
Elladoone is located in South Africa
Elladoone
Elladoone
Coordinates: 26°14′21″S 28°5′24″E / 26.23917°S 28.09000°E / -26.23917; 28.09000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Established1955
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2197

Elladoone is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

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Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Klipriviersberg.[1] It is named after the developer Arny Hohne's wife, Ella Hohne and became a suburb in 1955.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.