Hlabeni
Appearance
Hlabeni | |
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Coordinates: 29°58′23″S 29°42′54″E / 29.973°S 29.715°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Harry Gwala |
Municipality | Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Area | |
• Total | 5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,323 |
• Density | 230/km2 (580/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.2% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 98.0% |
• Other | 2.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Hlabeni is a town in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Flat-topped hill some 12 km north-west of Creighton. The name, also applied to the region east and north-east of the hill, to a forest, a river and a mission station, is Zulu and means ‘at the aloes’.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Hlabeni". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 210.