Lamontville

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Lamontville
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Lamontville
Coordinates: 29°56′28″S30°56′20″E / 29.941°S 30.939°E / -29.941; 30.939
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality eThekwini
Main Place Chatsworth
Area
[1]
  Total
3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total
32,421
  Density8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 99.6%
   Coloured 0.2%
   Indian/Asian 0.1%
   White 0.0%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Zulu 83.3%
   Xhosa 11.1%
   English 2.0%
   Sotho 1.4%
  Other2.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4027
PO box
4027
Area code 031

Lamontville is a township in eThekwini situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Township south of Durban, on the Umlaas River and next to Mobeni. It was laid out in 1930 and named after the Revd Archibald Lamont, then Mayor of Durban. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Lamontville". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 273.