Kwambonambi

Kwambonambi
Kwambonambi
 Kwambonambi shown within KwaZulu-Natal
Kwambonambi
Kwambonambi (South Africa)
Kwambonambi
Kwambonambi (Africa)
Coordinates: 28°36′00″S 32°05′00″E / 28.6°S 32.083333°E / -28.6; 32.083333Coordinates: 28°36′00″S 32°05′00″E / 28.6°S 32.083333°E / -28.6; 32.083333
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District King Cetshwayo
Municipality uMfolozi
Area[1]
  Total 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 2,872
  Density 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 82.6%
  Coloured 0.6%
  Indian/Asian 0.8%
  White 15.6%
  Other 0.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Zulu 77.1%
  English 11.2%
  Afrikaans 8.7%
  Other 2.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box 3915
Area code 035

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

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. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Kwambonambi". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 267.
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