Chrisville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A large part of the suburb is currently taken up by a mine dump.

Chrisville
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Coordinates: 26°15′30″S 28°01′28″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1948
Area [1]
• Total	0.33 km2 (0.13 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,133
• Density	3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	27.6%
• Coloured	17.9%
• Indian/Asian	20.5%
• White	30.7%
• Other	3.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	57.2%
• Afrikaans	16.9%
• Zulu	10.1%
• Sotho	2.9%
• Other	12.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2091

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Turffontein.[2] It was established in 1948 and was named after the Chris mine shaft, a Robinson Deep Mine, which was named after a chairman Douglas Christopherson.[2]

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