Umzimkhulu Local Municipality
Umzimkhulu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Harry Gwala District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umzimkhulu is an isiXhosa and an isiZulu name meaning “Big/Great house”.About 90.8% of the population reside in rural areas, while the remaining 9.2% are urban based.- Type: Local municipality
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Category: second-level administrative country subdivision
- Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Latitude -30.2917° or 30° 17' 29.9" south | Longitude 29.7377° or 29° 44' 15.8" east |
Population 243,000 | Elevation 1163 metres (3816 feet) |
GeoNames ID 8347518 |
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Umzimkhulu Plaaslike Munisipaliteit
- Bulgarian: Умзимкхулу
- Cebuano: Umzimkhulu
- Chinese: 烏姆齊姆克胡盧地方自治市
- Dutch: Umzimkhulu
- English: Umzimkhulu
- French: Umzimkhulu
- French: municipalité locale d'Umzimkhulu
- German: Umzimkhulu
- Italian: Municipalità locale di Umzimkhulu
- Novial: Umzimkulu Komunie, Sud Afrika
- Pedi: Mmušôgaê wa Umzimkhulu
- Polish: Umzimkhulu
- Welsh: Bwrdeistref Lleol Umzimkhulu
- Zulu: UMasipala wase Mzimkhulu
- Zulu: Umzimkhulu Local Municipality
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- KwaNtabamhlopheMountain
- NdlozanaHill, 4 km east
- BultfonteinMountain, 5 km southwest
- KwaNgcekuMountain, 6 km southeast
Other Places
- Saint SavioursMission
- NzombaneStream
- EmmausMission, 5 km northeast
- Umzimai RiverStream, 7 km south
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