Southdale
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Coordinates: 26°14′24″S 28°01′19″E / 26.240°S 28.022°E / -26.240; 28.022
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1964
Area [1]
• Total	0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	647
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	31.9%
• Coloured	9.1%
• Indian/Asian	21.5%
• White	27.8%
• Other	9.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	54.8%
• Afrikaans	13.5%
• Zulu	6.7%
• Sotho	4.0%
• Other	21.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2091
PO box	2135

Southdale 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] It became a suburb on 8 July 1964.^[2]