Amahlongwa Mission
Amahlongwa | |
|---|---|
Township | |
| Amahlongwa Mission | |
  Amahlongwa  Amahlongwa  Amahlongwa | |
| Coordinates: 30°14′10″S 30°43′04″E / 30.2360°S 30.7178°E[1] | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Ugu District Municipality |
| Municipality | uMdoni Local Municipality |
| Named for | Amahlongwa River [2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council government |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,455 |
| • Density | 615.86/km2 (1,595.1/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Amahlongwan |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| First languages (2011) | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 4170 |
| PO box | 4180 |
| Area code | 039 |
Amahlongwa Mission or simply known as Amahlongwa and oftely informally abbreviated as A.M.H is a small township on the south coast region of KwaZulu-Natal.
Demography
[edit]The population of the township in 2011 was 7,455 people with 1,591 households.[5] It has an area of 12.10 square kilometres (4.67 sq mi) with an elevation of 554 metres (1,818 ft) above sea level.
Religion
[edit]Churches in the area include :
- Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
- Assemblies of God
- Roman Catholic Church
- Ekuphumeleni Zion Church Of God
- UCCSA, One of the church buildings is located on the original site of the Amahlongwa Mission Station
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]It is under the Umdoni Local Municipality, with neighboring townships such as Amandawe, Dududu, KwaCele, Clausthal.
Wildlife
[edit]The township has a large number of animals such as the black mamba,[6][7] brown house snake, and spotted bush snake.
Notable people
[edit]- Sandile Ngidi - A poet, journalist[8]
- Sphesihle Cele - A computer scientist, software engineer, mathematician and CEO at Dalton Productions.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Google [dead link]
- ^ Amahlongwa Geoview [dead link]
- ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link]
- ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link]
- ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link]
- ^ Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com [dead link]
- ^ Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com [dead link]
- ^ Al Jazeera [dead link]
JOURNAL OF NATAL AND ZULU HISTORY, VOL. 28 (2010)
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