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

History

It was established as a suburb in 1907 and takes its name from two farms, Hurl Park and Benmore Farm.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Parkmore". Census 2011.
^ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.

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Coordinates: 26°6′0″S 28°2′31″E / 26.10000°S 28.04194°E / -26.10000; 28.04194
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Sandton
Established	1907
Area ^[1]
• Total	3.10 km² (1.20 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	6,455
• Density	2,100/km² (5,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	27.3%
• Coloured	2.1%
• Indian/ Asian	8.2%
• White	60.3%
• Other	2.1%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• English	69.1%
• Afrikaans	6.4%
• Zulu	4.7%
• Tswana	3.4%
• Other	16.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 ( SAST)
Postal code (street)	2196