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
- Type: Ridge with an elevation of 697 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.13333° or 27° 8′ southLongitude
32° eastElevation
697 metres (2,287 feet)Open location code
5G4JV282+M2GeoNames ID
994757
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