Illovo
Illovo Beach is a small coastal resort on the banks of the Lovu River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is now part of eThekwini. The river was named by the Zulus "iLovu" because of the mlovu trees growing on its banks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Illovo Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Illovo River.
Illovo River
River
The iLovu River, alternatively rendered the Illovo River is a river in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. It rises in the upper Illovo area in the Richmond vicinity near the Drakensberg, and empties into the Indian Ocean near Winklespruit, on the South Coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karridene and Winklespruit.
Karridene
Suburb
Karridene is a small resort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is now part of eThekwini. Seaside resort at the mouth of the Umzimbaza River, 37 km south-west of Durban, between Illovo Beach and Umkomaas.
Winklespruit
Suburb
Winklespruit is a small seaside resort on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and now forms part of the coastal town of Kingsburgh and the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the Greater Durban metropolitan area.
Umgababa
Suburb
Photo: Konono77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umgababa is a rural community area with a large marketplace for tourists in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It forms part of eThekwini. Umgababa is situated 3 km southwest of Illovo.
Illovo
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-30.11583° or 30° 6′ 57″ southLongitude
30.84944° or 30° 50′ 58″ eastElevation
50 metres (164 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ILVOpen location code
4GXGVRMX+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 262707150OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
994927Wikidata ID
Q15228379
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Illovo” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Illovo Beach”
- Asturian: “Illovo Beach”
- Dutch: “Illovo Beach”
- Pedi: “Illovo Beach”
- Turkish: “Illovo Beach”
- Zulu: “Illovo Beach”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Illovo Beach and Karridene.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Illovo”. Photo: P.Lindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0.