Sea Park | |
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Coordinates: 30°41′53″S30°29′24″E / 30.698°S 30.49°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Ugu |
Municipality | Ray Nkonyeni |
Main Place | Port Shepstone |
Area | |
• Total | 3.28 km2 (1.27 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [1] | |
• Total | 2,027 |
• Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 31.6% |
• Coloured | 3.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 9.1% |
• White | 55.5% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 46.0% |
• Afrikaans | 27.0% |
• Zulu | 19.7% |
• Xhosa | 5.3% |
• Other | 2.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 4241 |
Area code | 039 |
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