Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal
Appearance
Creighton | |
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Coordinates: 30°01′41″S 29°50′24″E / 30.028°S 29.840°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Harry Gwala |
Municipality | Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Area | |
• Total | 2.36 km2 (0.91 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 899 |
• Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 83.5% |
• Coloured | 5.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.6% |
• White | 9.6% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 71.4% |
• English | 14.8% |
• Xhosa | 5.4% |
• Afrikaans | 4.6% |
• Other | 3.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 3263 |
Area code | 039 |
Creighton is a settlement in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Village 35 km northwest of Ixopo. Laid out in 1865, it has been administered by a Health Committee since 1947. It was named after Lady McCullum (née Creighton), wife of Sir Henry McCullum, Governor of Natal from 1901 to 1907.[2] The first murder to take place here on record was that of Richard Butcher in 2008.
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Creighton". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 125.