Umbumbulu

Umbumbulu is a town in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Umbumbulu
Village center
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Coordinates: 29.984°S 30.702°E / -29.984; 30.702
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Area [1]
• Total	23.2 km2 (9.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,684
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	98.7%
• Coloured	0.07%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.5%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	93.4%
• English	1.6%
• Other	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	4105
Area code	031

The township lies near the junction of the M30 (to Umlazi) and R603 (to Kingsburgh and Umlaas Road) about 45 km south-west of Durban and 19 km from the Indian Ocean. Derived from Zulu, the name is said to mean place of the round knoll.^[2] Umbumbulu is a rural area, bordered by Madundube on the north-east, and the farming community of Mid-Illovo on the south. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a scene of a local conflict, which saw hundreds murdered, and thousands dislocated. It has since become a picture of serene rural living.

The main river running through Umbumbulu is the Ntinyane River, and it is infamous as the site where a clergyman was swept away by the floods in the 1980s, his body never retrieved to this day.

References

1. Mainplace Umbumbulu from Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 444.