Sinoville, Pretoria

Place in Gauteng, South Africa

25°40′44″S 28°13′30″E / 25.67889°S 28.22500°E / -25.67889; 28.22500CountrySouth AfricaProvinceGautengMunicipalityCity of TshwaneMain PlacePretoriaNamed forSinovich FamilyArea

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• Total4.55 km² (1.76 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total10,058 • Density2,200/km² (5,700/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African12.0% • Coloured1.0% • Indian/Asian0.9% • White84.6% • Other1.5%First languages (2011)

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• Afrikaans80.8% • English11.2% • Northern Sotho1.5% • Tswana1.3% • Other5.2%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)

0182

PO box

0129

Area code012

Sinoville is a northern suburb of Pretoria, South Africa. It lies to the east of the Wonderboom, on the northern slopes of the Magaliesberg mountains, and south of Wonderboom Airport.

History

Sinoville was named after the Sinovich family, immigrants from Croatia.^{[citation needed]} Marija street is named after Mr Sinovich's wife, Marija. A selection of streets in the area are named after members of the family. The original name of Sefako Makgatho Drive was Sinovich Avenue, then renamed Zambesi drive in the 1970s.^{[citation needed]}