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Hillbrow
Sign in to saveHillbrow () is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hillbrow
- Settlement.image_skyline
- South Africa-Johannesburg-Hillbrow001.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Hillbrow and the Hillbrow Tower
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gauteng
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City of Gauteng
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1894
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.08
- Settlement.population_total
- 74131
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Jewish community
- Gay community
- Racial integration and white flight
- Social action
- Landmarks
- Constitution Hill
- Hillbrow Tower
- Ponte City
- In popular culture
- Literature
- Music
- Film
- Documentary
- Photography
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Hillbrow () is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.
Under the Group Areas Act during apartheid, Hillbrow was initially designated a "whites-only" area. It later became a "grey area", where residents of different ethnic backgrounds lived together. During this period, it developed a reputation as a cosmopolitan neighbourhood with a politically progressive character and was one of the first recognized queer neighborhoods in South Africa.