Amahlongwa Mission

Amahlongwa
Township
Amahlongwa Mission
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Coordinates: 30°14′10″S30°43′04″E / 30.2360°S 30.7178°E / -30.2360; 30.7178 [1]
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ugu District Municipality
Municipality	uMdoni Local Municipality
Named after	Amahlongwa River [2]
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
Area
• Total	10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,455
• Density	615.86/km2 (1,595.1/sq mi)
Demonym	Amahlongwan
Racial makeup (2011) [3]
First languages (2011) [4]
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4170
PO box	4180
Area code	039

Amahlongwa Mission or simply known as Amahlongwa and oftely informally abbreviated as A.M.H is a small township on the south coast region of KwaZulu-Natal.

Demography

The population of the township in 2011 was 7,455 people with 1,591 households. ^[5] It has an area of 12.10 square kilometres (4.67 sq mi) with an elevation of 554 metres (1,818 ft) above sea level.

Religion

Churches in the area include :

• Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
• Assemblies of God
• Roman Catholic Church
• Ekuphumeleni Zion Church Of God
• UCCSA, One of the church buildings is located on the original site of the Amahlongwa Mission Station

Geography

Location

It is under the Umdoni Local Municipality, with neighboring townships such as Amandawe, Dududu, KwaCele, Clausthal.

Wildlife

The township has a large number of animals such as the black mamba, ^{[6] [7]} brown house snake, and spotted bush snake.

Notable people

• Sandile Ngidi - A poet, journalist ^[8]
• Sphesihle Cele - A computer scientist, software engineer, mathematician and CEO at Dalton Productions.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Google ^{[ dead link ]}
2. Amahlongwa Geoview ^{[ dead link ]}
3. Census 2011 Statistics South Africa ^{[ dead link ]}
4. Census 2011 Statistics South Africa ^{[ dead link ]}
5. Census 2011 Statistics South Africa ^{[ dead link ]}
6. Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com ^{[ dead link ]}
7. Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com ^{[ dead link ]}
8. Al Jazeera ^{[ dead link ]}

JOURNAL OF NATAL AND ZULU HISTORY, VOL. 28 (2010)