Empangeni

Empangeni
Street in Empangeni
Street in Empangeni
Empangeni is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Empangeni
Empangeni
Empangeni is located in South Africa
Empangeni
Empangeni
Coordinates: 28°45′S 31°54′E / 28.750°S 31.900°E / -28.750; 31.900
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
MunicipalityuMhlathuze
Area
 • Total
154.47 km2 (59.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
110,340
 • Density710/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
 • Black African61.3%
 • Coloured2.8%
 • Indian/Asian5.7%
 • White31.9%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2022)
 • Zulu64.5%
 • English22.9%
 • Afrikaans18.6%
 • S. Ndebele1.3%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
3880
PO box
3880
Area code035

Empangeni is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is approximately 157 kilometres north of Durban, in hilly countryside, overlooking a flat coastal plain and the major harbour town of Richards Bay 16 kilometres away. The N2 freeway runs east from Empangeni intersecting John Ross Highway (R34) which connects Empangeni and Richards Bay.

The climate is sub-tropical with an average temperature of 28.4 °C in summer and 14.5 °C in Winter. The town is said, by local residents, to not have a real winter, as temperatures are seldom very low.

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Empangeni". Census 2011.