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Umbumbulu
Coordinates: 29°59′02″S30°42′07″E / 29.984°S 30.702°E / -29.984; 30.702
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality eThekwini
Area
[1]
  Total23.2 km2 (9.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total2,684
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 98.7%
   Coloured 0.07%
   Indian/Asian 0.1%
   White 0.5%
  Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Zulu 93.4%
   English 1.6%
  Other5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
4105
Area code 031

Umbumbulu is a town in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The township lies near the junction of the M30 (to Umlazi) and R603 (to Kingsburgh and Umlaas Road) about 45 km south-west of Durban and 19 km from the Indian Ocean. Derived from Zulu, the name is said to mean place of the round knoll. [2] Umbumbulu is a rural area, bordered by Madundube on the north-east, and the farming community of Mid-Illovo on the south. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a scene of a local conflict, which saw hundreds murdered, and thousands dislocated. It has since become a picture of serene rural living.

The main river running through Umbumbulu is the Ntinyane River, and it is infamous as the site where a clergyman was swept away by the floods in the 1980s, his body never retrieved to this day.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mainplace Umbumbulu from Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 444.