Jan Hofmeyer

{{Short description|Suburb in Johannesburg, South Africa}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Jan Hofmeyer

| pushpin_map = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|26.191|S|28.015|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gauteng

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = City of Johannesburg

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| subdivision_name4 = Johannesburg

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1935

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798015102 |title = Sub Place Jan Hofmeyer |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 0.97

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2645

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 33.6%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 33.0%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 3.6%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 28.4%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 1.3%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 49.5%

| demographics2_title2 = English

| demographics2_info2 = 26.8%

| demographics2_title3 = Tswana

| demographics2_info3 = 5.7%

| demographics2_title4 = Sotho

| demographics2_info4 = 3.8%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 14.3%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 2092

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code =

| area_code_type = Area code

}}

Jan Hofmeyer is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} 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.{{cite book | title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names | publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers | author1=Raper, Peter E. | author2=Moller, Lucie A. | author3=du Plessis, Theodorus L. | year=2014 | pages=1412 | isbn=9781868425501}}

References

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{{Greater Johannesburg|communities}}

Category:Johannesburg Region F

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