Madadeni
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 30 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||
| District | Amajuba | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | ||
| local community | Newcastle | ||
| height | 1220 m | ||
| surface | 28 km² | ||
| Residents | 119,497 (2011) | ||
| density | 4,273.9 Ew. / km² | ||
Madadeni is a township settlement in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal . It is the eastern neighbor of the city of Newcastle and belongs to the municipality of the same name Newcastle in the district of Amajuba . Madadeni lies at an altitude of 1220 meters above sea level. In 2011 the place had almost 120,000 inhabitants on an area of 28 square kilometers. The Ngagane flows past Madadeni and separates the city from Newcastle. At the level of Madadeni the Ncandu flows into the Ngagane.
Madadeni is connected to the N11 and the R34 to the trunk road network via Newcastle . However, the public infrastructure in Madadeni itself is in great need of renovation or does not exist at all. The streets are narrow and the sewer system is poor. Despite its proximity to Newcastle, Madadeni can partly be classified as rural. Parts of the city are also administered by traditional rulers .
Web links
- Census data from 2011 (English)
- Data on Madadeni at Falling Rain Genomics
Individual evidence
- ^ Madadeni, South Africa Page. Falling Rain Genomics, accessed October 21, 2014 .
- ^ Adrian Frith: Madadeni. Main Place 524009 from Census 2011. 2011, accessed October 21, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Center for Criminal Justice. Madadeni. University of KwaZulu-Natal , accessed October 21, 2014 .