Savoy Estate

Savoy Estate
Savoy Estate
	Savoy Estate Savoy Estate
	Coordinates: 26°07′52″S 28°04′48″E / 26.131°S 28.080°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1948
Area
• Total	0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,532
• Density	3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	47.8%
• Coloured	3.8%
• Indian/Asian	4.0%
• White	43.8%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011)
• English	61.3%
• Zulu	9.5%
• Northern Sotho	7.7%
• Afrikaans	5.1%
• Other	16.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Savoy Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Syferfontein.^[2] It became a suburb in October 1948 and was originally owned by M.A. Zoccola who was from the Savoy region in Europe.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Savoy Estate". Census 2011.
^ ^a ^b 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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[census2011-1] "Sub Place Savoy Estate". Census 2011.

[Dict01-2] 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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