Mbazwana

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Mbazwana
Coordinates: 27°30′00″S32°34′44″E / 27.500°S 32.579°E / -27.500; 32.579 Coordinates: 27°30′00″S32°34′44″E / 27.500°S 32.579°E / -27.500; 32.579
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uMkhanyakude
Municipality uMhlabuyalingana
Area
[1]
  Total10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total4,312
  Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 98.9%
   Coloured 0.4%
   Indian/Asian 0.3%
   White 0.3%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Zulu 93.8%
   English 1.7%
   S. Ndebele 1.4%
  Other3.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
3974
Area code 035

Mbazwana is a town in Umhlabuyalingana Local Municipality and is part of Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Settlement and plantation some 50 km east of Ubombo. Presumably takes its name from the tributary of the Mseleni. The name, of Zulu origin, is said to mean ‘small axe’, after a person called Mbazwana. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Mbazwana". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 303.