Maryvale, Gauteng

26°09′11″S 28°05′13″E / 26.153°S 28.087°E / -26.153; 28.087CountrySouth AfricaProvinceGautengMunicipalityCity of JohannesburgMain PlaceJohannesburgArea • Total0.06 km² (0.02 sq mi)Population • Total85 • Density1,400/km² (3,700/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African62.8% • Coloured8.1% • White29.1%First languages (2011) • English42.9% • Northern Sotho15.5% • Zulu11.9% • Southern Ndebele8.3% • Other21.4%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)

Maryvale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3. It is a tiny triangular suburb surrounded by the suburbs of Orchards and Sydenham.

History

The suburb was founded in 1939 and borders Louis Botha Avenue.^[2]: 292 It was surveyed around 1912 and developed from 1921 on land originally on the farm Klipfontein.^[3] The suburb's land was owned by Ockert Jacobus van Wyk and was named after his wife Mary.^[3] The suburb consists mainly of businesses and a small number of houses.^[2]: 292 The suburb is also the home of Maryvale College, a Catholic primary and high school formed in the same year as the suburb though the red bricked church on the grounds was built a year earlier.^[2]: 295

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