Mbazwana is a town in Umhlabuyalingana Local Municipality and is part of Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Mbazwana | |
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  Mbazwana  Mbazwana | |
| Coordinates: 27°30′00″S 32°34′44″E / 27.500°S 32.579°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | uMkhanyakude |
| Municipality | uMhlabuyalingana |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,312 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.9% |
| • Coloured | 0.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 93.8% |
| • English | 1.7% |
| • S. Ndebele | 1.4% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 3974 |
| Area code | 035 |
Settlement and plantation is 50 km east of Ubombo. The town presumably takes its name from the tributary of the Mseleni. The name, of Zulu origin, is said to mean ‘small axe’, after a person called Mbazwana.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Mbazwana". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 303.
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