Sinoville, Pretoria

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.

Sinoville
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Coordinates: 25°40′44″S 28°13′30″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Named after	Sinovich Family
Area [1]
• Total	4.55 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	10,058
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	12.0%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	84.6%
• Other	1.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	80.8%
• English	11.2%
• Northern Sotho	1.5%
• Tswana	1.3%
• Other	5.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0182
PO box	0129
Area code	012

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]}