Hlabeni is a town in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Hlabeni | |
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  Hlabeni  Hlabeni | |
| Coordinates: 29°58′23″S 29°42′54″E / 29.973°S 29.715°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Harry Gwala |
| Municipality | Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,323 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.2% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 98.0% |
| • Other | 2.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Flat-topped hill some 12 km north-west of Creighton. The name, also applied to the region east and north-east of the hill, to a forest, a river and a mission station, is Zulu and means ‘at the aloes’.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Hlabeni". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 210.
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