Umzinto
eMuziwezinto, previously and still commonly known as Umzinto, is a town located approximately 40 kilometres south-west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. It was a sugarcane growing town, that was set up as the centre for a sugar mill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 19,400 residents
- Description: South Africa town
- Also known as: “eMuziwezinto” and “Mzinto”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelso and Park Rynie.
Kelso
Suburb
Kelso is located in the uMdoni Coast region of South Africa facing the Indian Ocean. Kelso is located 65 kilometers south of Durban, the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal. Kelso is situated 7 km southeast of Umzinto.
Park Rynie
Suburb
Park Rynie is a small resort town on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was established in 1857 and possibly named after Renetta Hoets, wife of one of the John Phillip Hoffman, partner in the firm Nosworthy & Co. that bought the original farm for development. Park Rynie is situated 7 km east of Umzinto.
Pennington
Suburb
Photo: Darren Glanville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennington is a small coastal town on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Apart from a large sugarcane and dairy farming industry, it also hosts scores of holiday makers who flock to the seaside during the December holidays. Pennington is situated 8 km southeast of Umzinto.
Umzinto
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: UMdoni Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-30.31361° or 30° 18′ 49″ southLongitude
30.66194° or 30° 39′ 43″ eastPopulation
19,400Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA UMZOpen location code
4GXGMMP6+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 262718143OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Umzinto” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Umzinto”
- Asturian: “Umzinto”
- Dutch: “Umzinto”
- Estonian: “Umzinto”
- Pedi: “Umzinto”
- Romanian: “Umzinto”
- Urdu: “امزنٹو”
- Zulu: “Umzinto”
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