Danville, Pretoria
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Danville shown within Gauteng
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| Coordinates: 25°44′19″S 28°7′37″E / 25.73861°S 28.12694°ECoordinates: 25°44′19″S 28°7′37″E / 25.73861°S 28.12694°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Main Place | Pretoria |
| Established | 1951 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.24 km2 (0.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,650 |
| • Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 28.5% |
| • Coloured | 1.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
| • White | 68.6% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 69.5% |
| • Northern Sotho | 5.3% |
| • English | 4.9% |
| • Tswana | 3.8% |
| • Other | 16.5% |
| Postal code (street) | 0002 |
| PO box | 0018 |
| Area code | 012 |
Danville is a predominantly White suburb, to the west of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.
After the suburb's first name of Westlands was rejected, a naming competition was held. The suburb was name Danville after the WW2 commander of the Voortrekkerhoogte base, General Daniël Hermanus Pienaar, with the suburb proclaimed in February 1951.
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