Hlabeni

Hlabeni
Hlabeni is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Hlabeni
Hlabeni
Hlabeni is located in South Africa
Hlabeni
Hlabeni
Coordinates: 29°58′23″S 29°42′54″E / 29.973°S 29.715°E / -29.973; 29.715
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictHarry Gwala
MunicipalityDr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Area
[1]
 • Total5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,323
 • Density230/km2 (580/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • Other0.7%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Zulu98.0%
 • Other2.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Hlabeni is a town in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Hlabeni". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 210.


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