Driefontein, KwaZulu-Natal

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Driefontein
Coordinates: 28°20′42″S29°42′18″E / 28.345°S 29.705°E / -28.345; 29.705 Coordinates: 28°20′42″S29°42′18″E / 28.345°S 29.705°E / -28.345; 29.705
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uThukela
Municipality Alfred Duma
Area
[1]
 • Total41.44 km2 (16.00 sq mi)
Population
(2011) [1]
 • Total6,774
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 •  Black African 99.9%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 •  Zulu 96.5%
 •  S. Ndebele 1.1%
 •  Tswana 1.0%
 • Other1.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
3379

Driefontein is a town in Uthukela District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Uthukela District Municipality District municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

uThukela is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith. The majority of its 668,848 people speak IsiZulu. The district code is DC23.

KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu and Natal Province were merged. It is located in the southeast of the country, enjoying a long shoreline beside the Indian Ocean and sharing borders with three other provinces and the countries of Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho. Its capital is Pietermaritzburg and its largest city is Durban. It is the 2nd most populous province in South Africa, with slightly fewer residents than Gauteng.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Driefontein". Census 2011.
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