Colbyn

Colbyn is a suburb in central eastern Pretoria, South Africa.

Colbyn
Colbyn Colbyn's location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 25°44′20″S 28°14′52″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Area [1]
• Total	1.69 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,516
• Density	897/km2 (2,323.2/sq mi)
Race [1]
• White	67.0%
• Asian	1.3%
• Cape Coloured	2.6%
• Black	26.7%
• Other	2.4%
Language [1]
• Afrikaans	51.0%
• English	32.4%
• Northern Sotho	3.0%
• Tswana	2.0%
• Other	11.6%
Street	0083
Area code	012

History

Colbyn 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]