Umbogintwini

Umbogintwini
Umbogintwini
	Umbogintwini Umbogintwini
	Coordinates: 30°01′S 30°53′E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Main Place	Durban
• Councillor	(African National Congress)
Area [1]
• Total	5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	105
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	33.0%
• Coloured	5.7%
• Indian/Asian	15.1%
• White	42.5%
• Other	3.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	43.3%
• Afrikaans	21.2%
• Zulu	20.2%
• Tsonga	5.8%
• Other	9.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4120
PO box	4120
Area code	905

Umbogintwini (a corruption of eZimbokodweni)[2] is a town near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Its post office received the corrected name in 1997. It is best known for the industrial complex which has Acacia, Chemical Initiatives and Sammar warehouses.

The current ward (93) Councillor is Mrs Zungu.

Holiday resort on the Indian Ocean, 23 km south-west of Durban and 4 km north-east of Amanzimtoti. The name is an adaptation of Zulu Mbokodweni, ‘river of round grinding-stones’; the resort is named after the river which enters the sea there.[3]

eZimbokodweni means "site where small, round grinding stones are collected".[2]

References

"Sub Place Umbogintwini". Census 2011.
Jenkins, Elwyn (2007), Falling into place: the story of modern South African place names, David Philip Publishers, p. 76
"Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 444.

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[census2011-1] "Sub Place Umbogintwini". Census 2011.

[Jenkins-2] Jenkins, Elwyn (2007), Falling into place: the story of modern South African place names, David Philip Publishers, p. 76

[dsapn-3] "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 444.