Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal

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Coordinates: 29°45′S30°0′E / 29.750°S 30.000°E / -29.750; 30.000 Coordinates: 29°45′S30°0′E / 29.750°S 30.000°E / -29.750; 30.000
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District Harry Gwala
Municipality Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Area
[1]
  Total15.10 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total4,683
  Density310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 98.4%
   Coloured 0.3%
   Indian/Asian 0.3%
   White 0.4%
  Other0.6%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Zulu 92.8%
   S. Ndebele 1.5%
   Tswana 1.4%
   Sotho 1.1%
  Other3.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
3237
Area code 039

Donnybrook is a settlement in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village some 80 km southwest of Pietermaritzburg. It was named after Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, by Robert Comrie, the owner of the farm on which it was laid out. [2]

Until the mid-1980s, it was the northern terminus of the Umzinto – Donnybrook narrow gauge railway.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Donnybrook". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 141.