Glenhazel

Glenhazel
Glenhazel Centre
Glenhazel Glenhazel
Coordinates: 26°8′34″S 28°6′2″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1950
• Councillor	(Democratic Alliance)
Area
• Total	1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,991
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	23.2%
• Coloured	0.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	75.3%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011)
• English	76.9%
• Zulu	4.9%
• Tswana	4.3%
• Northern Sotho	3.6%
• Other	10.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2192

Glenhazel is a suburb of the Municipality of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E, bordering Fairmount, Sandringham, Lyndhurst and Percelia Estate. The area lies on a sloping hill with a park in the valley.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Rietfontein and was established in 1950.

Communities

Glenhazel is well known for being a suburb with a high ethnic concentration of Jewish people. A large number of synagogues, schools and Jewish seminaries are based in and around the Glenhazel area. Yeshiva College of South Africa is found in the suburb. Also to be found is the Glenhazel primary school, and the nearby Lyndhurst primary school.