Kwambonambi

Kwambonambi is a town in King Cetshwayo District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Kwambonambi
Kwambonambi
Kwambonambi
Coordinates: 28.6°S 32.083333°E / -28.6; 32.083333
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
MunicipalityuMfolozi
Area
  Total3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total2,872
  Density880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African82.6%
  Coloured0.6%
  Indian/Asian0.8%
  White15.6%
  Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu77.1%
  English11.2%
  Afrikaans8.7%
  Other2.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
3915
Area code035

Village, centre of sugar and timber areas, 29 km north-east of Empangeni, 30 km south-west of Mtubatuba and 30 km north of Richards Bay. Zulu, ‘place of the Mbonambi’, a tribe which lived there, the name means ‘ill-omen’.[2]

References

  1. "Sub Place Kwambonambi". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 267.
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