Muckleneuk | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Muckleneuk's location in Gauteng |
Pushpin Label: | Muckleneuk |
Coordinates: | -25.7619°N 28.2069°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
Subdivision Name2: | City of Tshwane |
Subdivision Name3: | Pretoria |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.49 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.6 |
Population Total: | 7268 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Race |
Demographics1 Title1: | White |
Demographics1 Info1: | 16.01% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Asian |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.7% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Cape Coloured |
Demographics1 Info3: | 2.2% |
Demographics1 Title4: | Black |
Demographics1 Info4: | 79.4% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 1.6% |
Demographics Type2: | Language |
Demographics2 Title1: | English |
Demographics2 Info1: | 16.7% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info2: | 11.3% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Northern Sotho |
Demographics2 Info3: | 10.2% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Tswana |
Demographics2 Info4: | 8.2% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 53.6% |
Muckleneuk is a neighborhood located southeast of Pretoria, South Africa.
The name of this area, which includes apartment buildings in the north and various-sized estates in the center and south, comes from when the local parcel of Elandspoort Farm was purchased by George Walker, whose family owned a property in Scotland by that name. Meaning "corner" or "curve," the name was used for 3 neighborhoods of Pretoria in succession, including the modern Muckleneuk in 1914.
Muckleneuk lies to the south of Sunnyside, to the north of Lukasrand, to the west of Bailey's Muckleneuk, and to the southeast of Pretoria Central. It is bordered on the east by Nelson Mandela Drive, on the north by Justice Mahomed Street (formerly Walker Street), on the west by Florence Ribeiro Avenue (formerly Queen Wilhelmina Avenue), and on the south by Willem Punt Avenue, Devenish Drive, and Kruin Street. Principal thoroughfares include Berea Street (east-west) and Bourke Street (north-south). Most of the mansions are separated from the street with high fencing.
The quarter's houses include examples of the work of famed architects such as Gerard Moerdijk, Lockwood Hall, and Sir Herbert Baker, as well as the Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital, the University of South Africa (UNISA) Art Gallery, Illyria House, and the Portuguese and Egyptian embassies. It is located near UNISA's main campus.
Partly situated on a hill, the heights of Muckleneuk provides a panoramic view of downtown, the Union Buildings, and the UNISA campus.
During the 2014 South African general election, the district including 3/4 of Muckleneuk as well as Lukas Rand cast 44.56% of its votes for the African National Congress and 29.8% for the Democratic Alliance.