Amahlongwa Mission

Township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
30°14′10″S 30°43′04″E / 30.2360°S 30.7178°E / -30.2360; 30.7178[1]CountrySouth AfricaProvinceKwaZulu-NatalDistrictUgu District MunicipalityMunicipalityuMdoni Local MunicipalityNamed forAmahlongwa River [2]Government
 • TypeMayor-council governmentArea
 • Total10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total7,455 • Density615.86/km2 (1,595.1/sq mi)DemonymAmahlongwanRacial makeup (2011)First languages (2011)Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)
4170
PO box
4180
Area code039

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.

Demography

The 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

Churches in the area include :

Geography

Location

It is under the Umdoni Local Municipality, with neighboring townships such as Amandawe, Dududu, KwaCele, Clausthal.

Wildlife

The township has a large number of animals such as the black mamba,[6][7] brown house snake, and spotted bush snake.

Notable people

  • Sandile Ngidi - A poet, journalist[8]
  • Sphesihle Cele - A computer scientist, software engineer, mathematician and CEO at Dalton Productions.[citation needed]


References

  1. ^ Google [dead link]
  2. ^ Amahlongwa Geoview [dead link]
  3. ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link]
  4. ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link]
  5. ^ Census 2011 Statistics South Africa [dead link]
  6. ^ Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com [dead link]
  7. ^ Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com [dead link]
  8. ^ Al Jazeera [dead link]


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