Regents Park, Gauteng

For other uses, see Regent's Park (disambiguation).

Regents Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The suburb is found north of The Hill. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Regents Park
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Coordinates: 26.238°S 28.069°E / -26.238; 28.069
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1904
Area [1]
• Total	0.86 km2 (0.33 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	5,703
• Density	6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	76.3%
• Coloured	7.8%
• Indian/Asian	2.7%
• White	12.6%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	29.2%
• Zulu	17.4%
• Xhosa	10.4%
• Afrikaans	6.9%
• Other	36.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2197

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipriviersberg.^[2] It was established in 1904 and was named after Regent's Park London.^[2]