Colbyn is a suburb in central eastern Pretoria, South Africa.
Colbyn | |
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  Colbyn Colbyn's location in Gauteng | |
| Coordinates: 25°44′20″S 28°14′52″E / 25.73889°S 28.24778°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Main Place | Pretoria |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.69 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,516 |
| • Density | 897/km2 (2,323.2/sq mi) |
| Race | |
| • White | 67.0% |
| • Asian | 1.3% |
| • Cape Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Black | 26.7% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Language | |
| • Afrikaans | 51.0% |
| • English | 32.4% |
| • Northern Sotho | 3.0% |
| • Tswana | 2.0% |
| • Other | 11.6% |
| Street | 0083 |
| Area code | 012 |
History
editColbyn is named after Colby, Isle of Man, where the suburb's developer, J.B. Kneen, was born. It was surveyed by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, which also laid out Hatfield, Queenswood, and Kilner Park. The original deeds forbade the sale of liquor in all four neighborhoods.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Subplek Colbyn". Census 2011.
- ^ "Pretoria en die Uniegebou". Allexplore.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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