Spes Bona is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of
Johannesburg,
South Africa. 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 ''Doornfontein''.
The suburbs name is
Latin for ''good hope'' and was established in 1896, named after the nearby Spes Bona Goldmine.
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References
Johannesburg Region F
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