Selby
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Coordinates: 26°13′01″S 28°01′52″E / 26.217°S 28.031°E / -26.217; 28.031
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1928
Area [1]
• Total	3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,323
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	96.8%
• Coloured	1.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	0.9%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	31.0%
• Xhosa	10.2%
• English	8.5%
• Southern Ndebele	6.7%
• Other	43.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2001

Selby is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.^[2] The area was originally mining land on which two mine's, Village Main and Ferreira Gold, were established.^[2] It was established as a suburb in 1928 and is named after mine manager Paul Selby of Ferreira Deep.^[2]