Ferreirasdorp
Ferreirasdorp | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 26°12′29″S 28°01′59″E / 26.208°S 28.033°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1886 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 625 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 73.6% |
| • Coloured | 3.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 20.5% |
| • White | 2.2% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 25.0% |
| • Zulu | 17.1% |
| • Tswana | 12.3% |
| • Northern Sotho | 10.2% |
| • Other | 35.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2001 |
| PO box | 2048 |
Ferreirasdorp (or Ferreirastown) is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
First known as Ferreira's Camp (Afrikaans: Ferreiraskamp) and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg. Sometimes referred to as the "cradle of Johannesburg", it is where the first gold diggings started, and where the first diggers initially settled. The city grew around the mining camp in the Ferreirasdorp area, and Johannesburg’s Main Street developed from a rough track where the present Albert Street led off towards Ferreira’s Camp. The area, together with Marshalltown was previously home to a large concentration of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. As the community's economic position improved, they mostly migrated to more middle-class Jewish areas such as Doornfontein, Hillbrow and Yeoville.
The suburb is named after Colonel Ignatius Ferreira, leader of the original group of diggers who settled in this area in 1886.