Kwambonambi | |
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  Kwambonambi  Kwambonambi | |
| Coordinates: 28°36′00″S 32°05′00″E / 28.6°S 32.083333°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | King Cetshwayo |
| Municipality | uMfolozi |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,872 |
| • Density | 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 82.6% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 15.6% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 77.1% |
| • English | 11.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 8.7% |
| • Other | 2.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 3915 |
| Area code | 035 |
Kwambonambi is a town in King Cetshwayo District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Village, centre of sugar and timber areas, 29 km north-east of Empangeni, 30 km south-west of Mtubatuba and 30 km north of Richards Bay. Zulu, ‘place of the Mbonambi’, a tribe which lived there, the name means ‘ill-omen’.[2]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Kwambonambi". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 267.