Amahlongwa Mission or simply known as Amahlongwa and oftely informally abbreviated as A.M.H is a small township on the south coast region of KwaZulu-Natal.
Amahlongwa | |
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Township | |
Amahlongwa Mission | |
Coordinates: 30°14′10″S 30°43′04″E / 30.2360°S 30.7178°E[1] | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Ugu District Municipality |
Municipality | uMdoni Local Municipality |
Named for | Amahlongwa River [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council government |
Area | |
• Total | 10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,455 |
• Density | 615.86/km2 (1,595.1/sq mi) |
Demonym | Amahlongwan |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
First languages (2011) | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 4170 |
PO box | 4180 |
Area code | 039 |
Demography
editThe population of the township in 2011 was 7,455 people with 1,591 households.[5] It has an area of 12.10 square kilometres (4.67 sq mi) with an elevation of 554 metres (1,818 ft) above sea level.
Religion
editChurches in the area include :
Geography
editLocation
editIt is under the Umdoni Local Municipality, with neighboring townships such as Amandawe, Dududu, KwaCele, Clausthal.
Wildlife
editThe township has a large number of animals such as the black mamba,[6][7] brown house snake, and spotted bush snake.
Notable people
edit- Sandile Ngidi - A poet, journalist[8]
- Sphesihle Cele - A computer scientist, software engineer, mathematician and CEO at Dalton Productions.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Google [dead link ]
- ^ Amahlongwa Geoview [dead link ]
- ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link ]
- ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link ]
- ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link ]
- ^ Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com [dead link ]
- ^ Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com [dead link ]
- ^ Al Jazeera [dead link ]
JOURNAL OF NATAL AND ZULU HISTORY, VOL. 28 (2010)