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{{Short description|Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Mondeor
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|26.271|S|27.998|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gauteng]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality|City of Johannesburg]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| subdivision_name4       = [[Johannesburg]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1958
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/798015198 |title = Sub Place Mondeor |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 3.71
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total        = 8021
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 45.1%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 16.4%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 13.5%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 23.3%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 1.8%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics2_title1    = [[English language|English]]
| demographics2_info1     = 51.4%
| demographics2_title2    = [[Zulu language|Zulu]]
| demographics2_info2     = 12.6%
| demographics2_title3    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info3     = 10.4%
| demographics2_title4    = [[Sotho language|Sotho]]
| demographics2_info4     = 6.9%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 18.7%
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<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code             = 2091
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            = 2110
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
}}
'''Mondeor''' is a suburb of [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]. It is located in Region F of the [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality]]. Known as the Jewel of the South, Mondeor is set amongst hills outside the urban Johannesburg area but is only a 15-minute drive from the city centre.
==History==
The suburb is situated on part of an old [[Witwatersrand]] farm called Ormonde.<ref name="Dict01">{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers|author1=Raper, Peter E.|author2=Moller, Lucie A.|author3=du Plessis, Theodorus L.|year=2014|pages=1412|isbn=9781868425501}}</ref> It was established in 1958 and its name is an [[anagram]] of the old name of the farm.<ref name=Dict01/>
=== Parks and green space ===
Parts of the [[Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve]] are in Mondeor.{{sfn|Bloch|2012|pp=10-}} The hills lying on the northern side of Mondeor are of [[sandstone]], and those on the south are [[igneous]].{{sfn|Anon|1980|p=110}}{{sfn|Anon|1997|pp=215-216}}
== Education ==
Mondeor currently has four schools: Mondeor Primary, Dalmondeor, Mondeor High School,{{sfn|Kalantzis|Cope|2001|p=130}} and Hartford College. Mondeor Primary School first opened in 1953. The initial school building was one converted [[log cabin]] at the site of the current [[tennis]] club. The school moved to its current location in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mondeorprimary.co.za/|title=Home|website=mondeorprimary.co.za|access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref>
Mondeor High School opened in 1974. At the time there were three class years, standards 6, 7 and 8. An additional standard was added each year thereafter until the first class of [[Matriculation]] in 1976.
=== Popular culture ===
Parts of the 2010 novel ''Happiness is a Four-Letter Word'' (2010) are set in Mondeor.{{sfn|Jele|2011|p=279}}
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==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist|1}}
===Sources===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Stark|first=Felix |title=Seventy golden years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pN5FAQAAIAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Stark : distributed by Central News Agency}}
* {{cite book|last=Jele|first=Cynthia |title=Happiness is a Four-letter Word|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRRSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT279|year=2011|publisher=Kwela|isbn=978-0-7957-0354-6}}
* {{cite book|author=Anon|title=Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PARAQAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Survey, Government Printer}}
* {{cite book|author=Anon|title=South African Journal of Geology: Being the Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOwgAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Bureau for Scientific Publications at the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology}}
* {{cite book|last1=Kalantzis|first1=Mary |last2=Cope|first2=Bill |title=Transformations in Language and Learning: Perspectives on Multiliteracies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EBlJ92v0zyAC&pg=PA130|year=2001|publisher=Common Ground|isbn=978-1-86335-063-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Bloch|first=Jayni |title=The Riddle in the Mirror: A Journey in Search of Healing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qolr4wP2cWUC&pg=PA10|year=2012|publisher=Balboa Press|isbn=978-1-4525-5940-7}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Hart|first1=G. H. T.|title=An Introduction to the Anatomy of Johannesburg's Southern Suburbs|journal=South African Geographical Journal|volume=50|issue=1|year=1968|pages=65–72|issn=0373-6245|doi=10.1080/03736245.1968.10559433}}
* {{cite journal
| title = Outside the city walls : Jo'burg Summit City
| last= Davie|first= Lucille
| journal= Rhodes Journalism Review
| date = August 2002
| issue=21
| pages=30–31
| location=[[Grahamstown]]
| accessdate = 20 October 2014
| hdl=10520/EJC146339
| url=http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146339
}}
{{refend}}
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