Southbroom
Coastal village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Southbroom is a coastal village on the South Coast of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa situated approximately halfway between Port Shepstone – 23 km (14 mi) and Port Edward – 18 km (11 mi).
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Southbroom | |
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Coordinates: 30.920°S 30.317°E / -30.920; 30.317 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Ugu |
Municipality | Ray Nkonyeni |
Area | |
• Total | 10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,615 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 25.6% |
• Coloured | 0.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 73.1% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 54.2% |
• Afrikaans | 24.6% |
• Zulu | 11.3% |
• Xhosa | 4.7% |
• Other | 5.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 4277 |
Area code | 039 |
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Southbroom lies approximately 143 km (89 mi) southwest of the coastal city of Durban, and 213 km (132 mi) south of the provincial capital city of Pietermaritzburg.[2] The village was officially founded in 1933,[3] and in the 2011 census had a population of 1,615 in 847 households.