Ndwedwe

Ndwedwe
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Coordinates: 29°30′53″S30°56′06″E / 29.514667°S 30.934916°E / -29.514667; 30.934916
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	iLembe
Municipality	Ndwedwe
Area [1]
• Total	17.23 km2 (6.65 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	4,488
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	99.5%
•  Indian/Asian	0.3%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  Zulu	94.1%
•  S. Ndebele	1.5%
•  Tswana	1.2%
•  English	1.2%
• Other	2.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4342
PO box	4342
Area code	032

Ndwedwe is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The village is 60 km north of Durban and about 20 km west-north-west of oThongathi. Of Zulu origin, the name is said to mean "long, bare table-land or ridge," or "pensive," referring to its peaceful setting in the Valley of a Thousand Hills. ^[2]

Notable residents

• Sihle Zikalala, 8th Premier of KwaZulu-Natal

References

1. "Main Place Ndwedwe". Census 2011.
2. Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 330. ISBN   978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.