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Umbumbulu

Coordinates: 29°59′02″S 30°42′07″E / 29.984°S 30.702°E / -29.984; 30.702
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Umbumbulu
Village center
Village center
Umbumbulu is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Umbumbulu
Umbumbulu
Umbumbulu is located in South Africa
Umbumbulu
Umbumbulu
Coordinates: 29°59′02″S 30°42′07″E / 29.984°S 30.702°E / -29.984; 30.702
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Area
 • Total
23.2 km2 (9.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
2,684
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.7%
 • Coloured0.07%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.5%
 • Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.4%
 • English1.6%
 • Other5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
4105
Area code031

Umbumbulu is a town in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The township lies near the junction of the M30 (to Umlazi) and R603 (to Kingsburgh and Umlaas Road) about 45 km south-west of Durban and 19 km from the Indian Ocean. Derived from Zulu, the name is said to mean place of the round knoll.[2] Umbumbulu is a rural area, bordered by Madundube on the north-east, and the farming community of Mid-Illovo on the south. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a scene of a local conflict, which saw hundreds murdered, and thousands dislocated. It has since become a picture of serene rural living.

The main river running through Umbumbulu is the Ntinyane River, and it is infamous as the site where a clergyman was swept away by the floods in the 1980s, his body never retrieved to this day.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Mainplace Umbumbulu from Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 444.