Winchester Hills
Winchester Hills is an area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000.[2]
Winchester Hills | |
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Coordinates: 26.268°S 28.017°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Area | |
• Total | 2.80 km2 (1.08 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 9,207 |
• Density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 47.37% |
• Coloured | 9.36% |
• Indian/Asian | 24.6% |
• White | 15.97% |
• Other | 2.69% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 54.35% |
• Zulu | 10.19% |
• Afrikaans | 7.58% |
• Northern Sotho | 5.8% |
• Tswana | 5.25% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2091 |
History
Winchester Hills lies on land that once made up the farm called Ormonde, one of many large farms that make what is Johannesburg and its suburbs.[3] It is named after Winchester, Hampshire in the United Kingdom and the elevated land that the suburb lies upon.[3]
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References
- "Sub Place Winchester Hills". Census 2011.
- "Privateproperty.co" Privateproperty.co, 6 February 2015 (accessed 5 February 2015)
- 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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