aMatikulu
Appearance
aMatikulu | |
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Coordinates: 29°03′00″S 31°32′00″E / 29.05°S 31.533333°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Uthungulu |
Municipality | uMlalazi |
Area | |
• Total | 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 515 |
• Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 74.0% |
• Coloured | 3.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 16.9% |
• White | 5.4% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 59.8% |
• English | 26.1% |
• Afrikaans | 5.7% |
• S. Ndebele | 4.7% |
• Other | 3.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
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aMatikulu is a settlement in Uthungulu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Town some 130 km north-east of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Named after the Matigulu, also spelt Amatikulu, River. From Lala or Zulu, probably "large water", i.e. "large river". The approved form is aMatikulu.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Main Place aMatikulu". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 299.