Lions River
Lions River is a town in uMngeni Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, situated between Lidgetton and Howick in the center of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Howick and Merrivale.
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.
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. Merrivale is situated 10 km southeast of Lions River.
Lions River
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: UMngeni Local Municipality, Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.4666° or 29° 27′ 60″ southLongitude
30.15579° or 30° 9′ 21″ eastElevation
1,077 metres (3,533 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA IONOpen location code
5G2GG5M4+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 262708734OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
11281616Wikidata ID
Q13035272
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Pedi—“Lions River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Leeurivier”
- Afrikaans: “Lions River”
- Asturian: “Lions River”
- Dutch: “Lions River”
- Pedi: “Lions River”
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