Glenhazel is a suburb of Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa

South Africa

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. It is located in Region 3

Region 3 (Johannesburg)

Region 3 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2000 to 2006, and was also known as the Sandton region, as it included the formerly independent municipality of Sandton, and many of the northern suburbs of the former Johannesburg municipality...

, bordering Fairmount and Sandringham.

"Greater Glenhazel" is the hub of a large Jewish and Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

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 community; over 90% of Glenhazel's residents are Jewish. A large number of synagogue

Synagogue

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s, schools and yeshiva

Yeshiva

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s are based in and around the Glenhazel area. The largest Orthodox school being the Yeshiva College of South Africa

Yeshiva College of South Africa

The Yeshiva College of South Africa , commonly known as Yeshiva College and formerly known as Yeshivat Bnei Akiva. It has around 900 pupils, between the ages of 3 and 18...

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The suburb houses the public, Glenhazel Primary School.