Edenvale

• Name — Edenvale • Pushpin Map — South Africa Gauteng#South Africa • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — South Africa • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Gauteng • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Type3 — Municipality • Subdivision Name3 — Ekurhuleni • Subdivision Type4 — Main Place • Established Title — Established • Leader Title — Councillor • Area Total Km2 — 20.03 • Population Total — 49292 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics Type1 — Racial makeup (2011) • Demographics1 Title1 — Black African • Demographics1 Info1 — 20.5% • Demographics1 Title2 — Coloured • Demographics1 Info2 — 2.8% • Demographics1 Title3 — Indian/Asian • Demographics1 Info3 — 8.7% • Demographics1 Title4 — White • Demographics1 Info4 — 66.1% • Demographics1 Title5 — Other • Demographics1 Info5 — 1.9% • Demographics Type2 — First languages (2011) • Demographics2 Title1 — English • Demographics2 Info1 — 72.2% • Demographics2 Title2 — Afrikaans • Demographics2 Info2 — 11.6% • Demographics2 Title3 — Greek • Demographics2 Info3 — 4.5% • Demographics2 Title4 — Zulu • Demographics2 Info4 — 4.0% • Demographics2 Title5 — Portuguese • Demographics2 Info5 — 3.6% • Demographics2 Title6 — Italian • Demographics2 Info6 — 2.1% • Demographics2 Title7 — Northern Sotho • Demographics2 Info7 — 2.0% • Timezone1 — SAST • Utc Offset1 — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code (street) • Postal Code — 1609 • Postal2 Code Type — PO box • Postal2 Code — 1610 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 011 • Website — ekurhuleni.gov.za • Image Skyline — Edenvale.jpg • Image Caption — Van Riebeeck Avenue, Edenvale CBD as seen from Greenstone Hill Edenvale is a town on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. It is part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. It lies about halfway between the O.R. Tambo International Airport and the Johannesburg city centre and is located 12 km by road from Sandton and about 9 km from the closest Gautrain station.

It started out in 1903, after the Anglo Boer War as a small settlement on the farm Rietfontein which sprung up around the Rietfontein Gold Mine. It was made a municipality in 1942. The town is probably name after John Eden, a part owner of the farm Rietfontein. It was initially populated by Cornish mineworkers.

Residential suburbs include: • Clarens Park • De Klerkshof • Dowerglen • Dunvegan • Eastleigh (part residential) • Edenglen • Elma Park • Hurlyvale • Illiondale • Isandovale (part residential) • Marais Steyn Park • Rietfontein (part of Rietfontein 61-ir) (Rietfontein 63-ir) Industrial suburbs include: • Sebenza • Eastleigh (part industrial) • Isandovale (part industrial)

section Edenvale is a busy city that ranges from middle-class areas such as Edenvale Central, Eastleigh and Illiondale, to the more upper-class areas such as Dowerglen and Edenglen. Edenvale Central (locally referred to as The Avenues) has seen high investment over the past few years in the form of upper-income clusters and townhouses. This has resulted in small-scale gentrification and hence an increase in coffee shops and streetside cafes. There is also a trend in Eastleigh and Illiondale to purchase derelict properties and renovate them, which has also benefitted the area. Much of Edenvale widely diversified by immigration to other parts of Africa, notably: Zambians and Malawians. It also hosts a large population of Portuguese, Greeks and Italians.

section In the last ten years, the area to the north of Edenvale (Modderfontein) has expanded significantly. Five malls have been erected, Greenstone and Stoneridge mall, Eden Meadows, Stonehill Crossing and Green Valley as well as an array of complexes and townhouses, in an area now called Greenstone Hill and Greenstone Park, just west of Illiondale. This recent, yet rapid influx of infrastructure and added commercial business has bankrupted businesses in Lungile Mtshali Road (formerly Van Riebeeck Road; the main thoroughfare through the Edenvale City Centre) forcing numerous store owners to liquidate their capital investments.

In 1995, after the local government elections, Edenvale was amalgamated with some surrounding areas, including Modderfontein, Rabie Ridge Extensions 4 and 5, Chloorkop and the western part of Tembisa to form the Lethabong municipality, as part of the short-lived transitional Khayalami Metropolitan Council, which also included Midrand and Kempton Park/Tembisa. This arrangement ended in 2000, and Edenvale is now part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, which includes much of the East Rand, while Modderfontein and Rabie Ridge became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

• Edenvale (House of Assembly of South Africa constituency)

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