La Rochelle
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Coordinates: 26°14′09″S 28°03′16″E / 26.2359°S 28.0544°E / -26.2359; 28.0544
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1895
Area [1]
• Total	0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	5,131
• Density	6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	87.7%
•  Coloured	4.6%
•  Indian/ Asian	1.0%
•  White	6.7%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  Zulu	18.6%
•  English	16.1%
•  Xhosa	9.5%
•  Tsonga	6.0%
• Other	49.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 ( SAST)
Postal code (street)	2190

La Rochelle is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. South of the Johannesburg CBD, the suburbs of Turffontein and Rosettenville lie to its south. 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 in 1895, and named after the estate owned by Josias Eduard de Villiers and the French town of La Rochelle. ^[2]

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