Lombardy East
Residential suburb of eastern Johannesburg, South Africa
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Lombardy East | |
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Coordinates: 26°06′53″S 28°07′16″E / 26.1146°S 28.1210°E / -26.1146; 28.1210 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Area | |
• Total | 2.96 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 13,406 |
• Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 88.37% |
• Coloured | 1.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.38% |
• White | 7.26% |
• Other | 0.49% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 14.72% |
• Afrikaans | 5.7% |
• Zulu | 19.14% |
• Sotho | 17.9% |
• Other | 42.94% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2090 |
Lombardy East is a residential suburb of eastern Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]Originally called the Lombardy Estate, it is named after Lombardy in Italy, a very fertile and productive region of Italy that the landowner M. A. Zoccola wanted to emulate.[2] Zoccola purchased the land in 1893 and consisted of 262 ha.[3]: 173
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Lombardy East". 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.
- ^ Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.
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