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Maphumulo

Coordinates: 29°06′00″S 30°58′30″E / 29.100°S 30.975°E / -29.100; 30.975
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Maphumulo
Maphumulo is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Maphumulo
Maphumulo
Maphumulo is located in South Africa
Maphumulo
Maphumulo
Coordinates: 29°06′00″S 30°58′30″E / 29.100°S 30.975°E / -29.100; 30.975
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictIlembe
MunicipalityMaphumulo
Area
 • Total
5.11 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total
1,246
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Maphumulo is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Settlement some 42 km north-west of Stanger and 38 km south-east of Kranskop. Named after the Mapumulo Zulu people who came to live here after being driven out by Shaka; the name is said to mean ‘haven of rest’.[2]This village had a trading store (owned by J.O. Christie [3] ) a police station, a magistrates Court, and a post office - all during the 1940s and 1950s.

References

  1. ^ a b "Sub Place Maphumulo". Census 2001.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 297.
  3. ^ Greenwood, C. J., "SA MARBRERIE FOCANT v. SA BACCI", International Law Reports, Cambridge University Press, pp. 571–576, ISBN 978-1-316-15201-0, retrieved 2020-03-28