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Reservoir Hills
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Coordinates: 29°47′38″S 30°56′17″E / 29.794°S 30.938°E / -29.794; 30.938
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Main Place	Durban
Area
• Total	9.51 km (3.67 sq mi)
Population
• Total	19,143
• Density	2,000/km (5,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	34%
• Coloured	2.2%
• Indian/Asian	61%
• White	0.5%
• Other	1.2%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	20.6%
• English	65.8%
• Xhosa	5.6%
• Afrikaans	1.8%
• Other	6.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4091
PO box	4090
Area code	031

Reservoir Hills is a suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is administered by the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its postal code is 4091. It was named after the local reservoir located at the highest peak and the vast rolling hills. Reservoir Hills was an affluent, predominantly Indian suburb during the apartheid era.

It is located north of Westville (which was a predominantly White suburb prior to democracy in South Africa) and Palmiet, east of Clermont, south of Newlands West and west of the Papwa Sewgolum Golf Course.

Notable residents

• Sukhraj Chotai (1912–1981), prominent politician, philanthropist and member of the education board – As an official of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha, he spearheaded a campaign for the introduction of Hindu religious instruction in Indian schools. As an official of the Hindi Shiksha Sangh S. A., he successfully campaigned for the teaching of Hindi in Indian schools. He also commissioned and funded the construction of the Aryan Benevolent Home.

References

1. ^ "Sub Place Reservoir Hills". Census 2011.
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7. ^ "Remember Master Kaakaa too". Post. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via PressReader.
8. "World Vedic Conference" (PDF). 2013.

• MapStudio (2005). Street Guide - Durban (8th ed.). p. Map 56. ISBN 1-86809-739-0.

v t e Communities of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
Seat: Durban
Cities and towns	Adams Mission Amanzimtoti Assagay Buffelsdraai Cato Ridge Chatsworth Chesterville Clermont Doonside Drummond Durban EkuPhakameni Hillcrest Illovo Illovo Beach Inanda Inchanga Karridene Kingsburgh KwaMashu La Mercy Lamontville Mapumulo Mariannhill Mount Edgecombe Mount Moreland Mpumalanga New Germany Ntuzuma Phoenix Pinetown Tongaat Umbogintwini Umbumbulu Umdloti Umgababa Umhlanga Umkomaas Verulam Warner Beach Winklespruit
Suburbs of Durban	Central Asherville Bellaire Berea The Bluff Cato Manor Essenwood Glenwood Greyville Kenville Mayville Montclair Morningside Mount Vernon Musgrave North Beach Overport Palmiet Prospecton Reservoir Hills Ridgeview Sherwood South Beach Stamford Hill Sydenham Umbilo uMkumbaan Wiggins Windermere Woodhaven Woodlands Yellowwood Park Northern Avoca Broadway Durban North KwaMashu La Lucia Mount Edgecombe Phoenix Sea Cow Lake Umgeni Park Western Botha's Hill Cowies Hill Gillitts Hillcrest Kloof New Germany Queensburgh Shallcross Westville Winston Park Southern Amanzimtoti Athlone Park Isipingo Lotus Park Umlazi

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