Ingwavuma
Ingwavuma is a town in the Umkhanyakude District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It is unclear where the name of the town came from; one theory is that it was named after the Ngwavuma River while another is that there was a leader called Vuma, the name then meaning "Vuma's place" in Zulu.Ingwavuma
- Ridge rising to 697 metres (2,287 feet)
- Category: landform
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Latitude
-27.13333° or 27° 8′ south
Longitude
32° east
Open location code
5G4JV282+M2
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