Umgungundlovu District Municipality
uMgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of uMgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 1 million+ residents speak Zulu. The district code is DC22.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district municipality with 1,020,000 residents
- Description: district municipality of South Africa
- Also known as: “uMgungundlovu District Municipality”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howick Falls and Howick High School.
Howick Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howick Falls is a waterfall in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The waterfall is approximately 95 m in height and lies on the Umgeni River. The Zulu people called the falls KwaNogqaza, which means "Place of the Tall One".
Howick High School
School
Howick High School is a coeducational public school in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, established on 27 June 1967. Whilst it has a weekly boarding facility, known as Midmar House, which can accommodate up to 100 students who live in the local surrounding districts, Howick High School is not a full-time boarding school.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Howick and Mpophomeni.
Howick
Photo: Stevan.Karalic, CC BY 3.0.
Howick is a town of 22,000 people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town is the location of Howick Falls, which is a large waterfall that occurs when the Umgeni River falls 95 metres over dolerite cliffs on its way to the Indian Ocean.
Mpophomeni
Suburb
Mpophomeni is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Mpophomeni is situated 7 km south of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.
Merrivale
Suburb
Merrivale is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Village 145 km north-west of Durban and 5 km south-east of Howick. Named after Herman Merrivale, Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1848.
Umgungundlovu District Municipality
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Umgungundlovu District Municipality” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Umgungundlovu Distriksmunisipaliteit”
- Afrikaans: “UMgungundlovu-distriksmunisipaliteit”
- Armenian: “Ումգունգունդլովու”
- Bulgarian: “Умгунгундлову”
- Catalan: “uMgungundlovu”
- Cebuano: “UMgungundlovu District Municipality”
- Chinese: “Umgungundlovu Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Chinese: “乌姆贡贡德洛武区自治市”
- Chinese: “烏姆古恩古恩德洛武區自治市”
- Chinese: “烏姆貢貢德洛武區自治市”
- Dutch: “Umgungundlovu”
- Dutch: “UMgungundlovu”
- French: “District d’uMgungundlovu”
- German: “UMgungundlovu”
- Indonesian: “Distrik uMgungundlovu”
- Italian: “Municipalità distrettuale di Umgungundlovu”
- Japanese: “ウムグングンドロヴ郡”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Umgungundlovu Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Novial: “Umgungundlovu”
- Pedi: “Mmasepala Setereke tša umGungundlovu”
- Polish: “UMgungundlovu”
- Russian: “Умгунгундлову”
- Slovenian: “UMgungundlovu”
- Xhosa: “UmGungundlovu District Municipality”
- Zulu: “UMasipala wesiFunda uMgungundlovu”
- Zulu: “UmGungundlovu”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Greendale Park and Lions River.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Midmar Dam and Midmar Nature Reserve.
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