Ndwedwe
Ndwedwe is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
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Coordinates: 29°30′53″S 30°56′06″E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | iLembe |
Municipality | Ndwedwe |
Area | |
• Total | 17.23 km2 (6.65 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,488 |
• Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• Other | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 94.1% |
• S. Ndebele | 1.5% |
• Tswana | 1.2% |
• English | 1.2% |
• Other | 2.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 4342 |
PO box | 4342 |
Area code | 032 |
The village is 60 km north of Durban and about 20 km west-north-west of Tongaat. Of Zulu origin, the name is said to mean "long, bare table-land or ridge," or "pensive," referring to its peaceful setting in the Valley of a Thousand Hills.[2]
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References
- "Main Place Ndwedwe". Census 2011.
- Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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