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Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga
 Mpumalanga shown within KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal is located in South Africa
Mpumalanga
 Mpumalanga shown within South Africa
Coordinates: 29°49′01″S 30°38′13″E / 29.817°S 30.637°E / -29.817; 30.637Coordinates: 29°49′01″S 30°38′13″E / 29.817°S 30.637°E / -29.817; 30.637
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality eThekwini
Area[1]
 • Total 38.30 km2 (14.79 sq mi)
Population (2001)[1]
 • Total 99,720
 • Density Bad rounding here2,600/km2 (Bad rounding here6,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001)[1]
 • Black African 99.7%
 • Coloured 0.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 0.1%
First languages (2001)[1]
 • Zulu 95.3%
 • Xhosa 2.0%
 • Sotho 1.8%
 • Other 0.9%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)

Mpumalanga is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Township about 10km south-south-east of Cato Ridge and some 40km west of Durban. Derived from Zulu, the name means 'sunrise', 'the sun comes out'.[2]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Mpumalanga". Census 2001. 
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 320. 
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