Hlabeni

Hlabeni is a town in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Hlabeni
Hlabeni
Hlabeni
Coordinates: 29.973°S 29.715°E / -29.973; 29.715
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictHarry Gwala
MunicipalityDr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Area
  Total5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total1,323
  Density230/km2 (580/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African99.2%
  Coloured0.1%
  Indian/Asian0.1%
  Other0.7%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu98.0%
  Other2.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Flat-topped hill some 12 km north-west of Creighton. The name, also applied to the region east and north-east of the hill, to a forest, a river and a mission station, is Zulu and means ‘at the aloes’.[2]

References

  1. "Main Place Hlabeni". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 210.


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