Kwambonambi

Kwambonambi
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Coordinates: 28.6°S 32.083333°E / -28.6; 32.083333
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	King Cetshwayo
Municipality	uMfolozi
Area [1]
• Total	3.27 km^2 (1.26 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,872
• Density	880/km^2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	82.6%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	15.6%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	77.1%
• English	11.2%
• Afrikaans	8.7%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	3915
Area code	035

Kwambonambi is a town in King Cetshwayo District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village, centre of sugar and timber areas, 29 km north-east of Empangeni, 30 km south-west of Mtubatuba and 30 km north of Richards Bay. Zulu, ‘place of the Mbonambi’, a tribe which lived there, the name means ‘ill-omen’.[2]

References

1. "Sub Place Kwambonambi". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 267.