Clermont, KwaZulu-Natal
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| Coordinates: 29°47′00″S 30°54′00″E / 29.78333°S 30.9°ECoordinates: 29°47′00″S 30°54′00″E / 29.78333°S 30.9°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Municipality | EThekwini |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 9.19 km2 (3.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 57,536 |
| • Density | 6,261/km2 (16,220/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2001)[1] | |
| • Black African | 99.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2001)[1] | |
| • Zulu | 78.2% |
| • Xhosa | 15.7% |
| • Sotho | 4.4% |
| • Other | 1.7% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
Clermont is a township of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
[edit] References
- Municipal Demarcation Board
- Community Justice in a Volatile South Africa: Containing Community Conflict, Clermont, Natal by Daniel Nina (Social Justice 20 (3-4) (Fall-Winter 1993): 129-42)
Clermont under the apartheid days was a black middle income township.It is surrounded by Westvile,Kloof,New Germany and Inanda in the distant. Its main road is called Clermont road and is named after Sir Clermont a farmer who sold his land.It was the only place in Durban where Black people were able to buy property and build houses. Since the end of apartheid Clermont has been sprawling with shacks as people from the rural area's come and seek for work opportunities in the nearby suburbs of Westville and New Germany or Pinetown and Durban. Clermnont has a large Anglican, Catholic and Wesleayan community and on Sundays one can see the women of each denomination wearing their church uniforms with pride.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Clermont". Census 2001. http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/57214.
[edit] External links
- eThekwini Online The official site of Durban, South Africa
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