Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Kwambonambi | |
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Coordinates: 28°36′00″S 32°05′00″E / 28.6°S 32.083333°E / -28.6; 32.083333 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | King Cetshwayo |
Municipality | uMfolozi |
Area | |
• Total | 3.27 km (1.26 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,872 |
• Density | 880/km (2,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 82.6% |
• Coloured | 0.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
• White | 15.6% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 77.1% |
• English | 11.2% |
• Afrikaans | 8.7% |
• Other | 2.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 3915 |
Area code | 035 |
Kwambonambi is a town in King Cetshwayo District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Village, centre of sugar and timber areas, 29 km north-east of Empangeni, 30 km south-west of Mtubatuba and 30 km north of Richards Bay. Zulu, ‘place of the Mbonambi’, a tribe which lived there, the name means ‘ill-omen’.
References
- ^ "Sub Place Kwambonambi". Census 2011.
- "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 267.
Municipalities and communities of King Cetshwayo District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal | ||
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District seat: Richards Bay | ||
uMhlathuze | ||
uMlalazi | ||
Nkandla | ||
Mbonambi | ||
Ntambanana | ||
Mthonjaneni |
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