Drummond, KwaZulu-Natal

Drummond
Drummond Station, 1891
Drummond
 Drummond shown within KwaZulu-Natal
Location within Durban
Drummond
Drummond
Drummond (South Africa)
Drummond
Drummond (Africa)
Coordinates: 29°45′36″S 30°41′24″E / 29.760°S 30.690°E / -29.760; 30.690Coordinates: 29°45′36″S 30°41′24″E / 29.760°S 30.690°E / -29.760; 30.690
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality eThekwini
Area[1]
 • Total 7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 955
 • Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 17.0%
 • Coloured 0.8%
 • Indian/Asian 1.8%
 • White 79.0%
 • Other 1.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • English 72.7%
 • Afrikaans 11.3%
 • Zulu 8.0%
 • Xhosa 2.6%
 • Other 5.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box 3626

Drummond is a town in eThekwini Metro in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village 45 km west of Durban. It was named after F C Drummond, former director of the Natal Land and Colonisation Company.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Drummond". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 144.
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