Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Winchester Hills | |
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Coordinates: 26°16′05″S 28°01′01″E / 26.268°S 28.017°E / -26.268; 28.017 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Area | |
• Total | 2.80 km (1.08 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,207 |
• Density | 3,300/km (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 |
Winchester Hills is an area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000.
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. It is named after Winchester, Hampshire in the United Kingdom and the elevated land that the suburb lies upon.
The anti-corruption whistleblower Babita Deokaran was murdered outside of her Winchester Hills home in August 2021.
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.
- Cruywagen, Vincent (10 October 2021). "AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Possible 'mafia' link to murder of Babita Deokaran". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 12 October 2021.