Ndwedwe
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 30 '48 " S , 30 ° 56' 16" E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||
| District | iLembe | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | ||
| local community | Ndwedwe | ||
| height | 653 m | ||
| surface | 17.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 4488 (2011) | ||
| density | 260.5 Ew. / km² | ||
Ndwedwe is a place in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa . It is the administrative seat of the municipality of Ndwedwe in the iLembe district .
geography
Ndwedwe had 4,488 inhabitants at the 2011 census, 94% of whom indicated isiZulu as their first language. The place is located in the Valley of a Thousand Hills (German about: "Valley of a thousand hills") near the Mdloti River and around 60 kilometers north of Durban and 20 west of Tongaat .
history
The place name comes from the isiZulu and means something like "long, flat table land or ridge" or "thoughtful".
traffic
Ndwedwe is not on any trunk road.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census , accessed on January 7, 2018
- ^ Entry at Southern African place names (English), archive version at archive.org