Lombardy East | |
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  Lombardy East  Lombardy East | |
| Coordinates:26°06′53″S28°07′16″E / 26.1146°S 28.1210°E /-26.1146; 28.1210 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.96 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 13,406 |
| • Density | 4,530/km2 (11,700/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 88.37% |
| • Coloured | 1.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.38% |
| • White | 7.26% |
| • Other | 0.49% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 14.72% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.7% |
| • Zulu | 19.14% |
| • Sotho | 17.9% |
| • Other | 42.94% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2090 |
Lombardy East is a residential suburb of easternJohannesburg,South Africa. It is located in Region E of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Originally called theLombardy Estate, it is named afterLombardy inItaly, a very fertile and productive region of Italy that the landowner M. A. Zoccola wanted to emulate.[2] Zoccola purchased the land in 1893 and consisted of 262 ha.[3]: 173
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