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.- 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 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. Park Rynie is situated 7 km east of Umzinto.
Pennington
Suburb
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″ south
Longitude
30.66194° or 30° 39′ 43″ east
Population
19,400
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA UMZ
Open location code
4GXGMMP6+HQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap 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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