Jozini
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 26 ′ S , 32 ° 4 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||
| District | Umkhanyakude | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | ||
| local community | Jozini | ||
| height | 115 m | ||
| Residents | 2267 (2011) | ||
Jozini is a city in the northeast of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal . It is located on the banks of the Pongolapoort reservoir on the border with Swaziland and is the seat of the Jozini municipality in the uMkhanyakude district . The name Jozini comes from isiZulu and means "place of spears".
In 2011 Jozini had 2,267 inhabitants. Jozini is close to the N2 highway . The city is in a rural area with high levels of unemployment and emigration.
Web links
- Jozini, South Africa Page ( English ) Retrieved on January 29 of 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Department of Arts and Culture's list of local and district municipality's names: Entry “Jozini” as municipality . Retrieved June 5, 2020 from www.salanguages.com (English).
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 17, 2013