Ridgeway is a suburb of
Johannesburg ,
South Africa . It is located in Region F of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality .
History
The suburb is situated on an old farm of Kroonheuwel . It had several names over the years such as Greenfields Park, Ridgebourne (after owners JM Beveridge and R Osbourne) before obtaining its current name in 1959.
Religion
Ridgeway has a growing Muslim population due to a mosque that was built in 2008.
References
^ "Sub Place Ridgeway" . 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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