The township lies near the junction of the M30 (to Umlazi) and R603 (to Kingsburgh and Umlaas Road) about 45 km south-west of Durban and 19 km from the Indian Ocean. Derived from Zulu, the name is said to mean place of the round knoll.[2] Umbumbulu is a rural area, bordered by Madundube on the north-east, and the farming community of Mid-Illovo on the south. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a scene of a local conflict, which saw hundreds murdered, and thousands dislocated. It has since become a picture of serene rural living.
The main river running through Umbumbulu is the Ntinyane River, and it is infamous as the site where a clergyman was swept away by the floods in the 1980s, his body never retrieved to this day.
umbumbulu, town, ethekwini, metropolitan, municipality, kwazulu, natal, province, south, africa, village, centershow, kwazulu, natalshow, south, africacoordinates, 702countrysouth, africaprovincekwazulu, natalmunicipalityethekwiniarea, total23, population, 201. Umbumbulu is a town in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa UmbumbuluVillage centerUmbumbuluShow map of KwaZulu NatalUmbumbuluShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 29 59 02 S 30 42 07 E 29 984 S 30 702 E 29 984 30 702CountrySouth AfricaProvinceKwaZulu NatalMunicipalityeThekwiniArea 1 Total23 2 km2 9 0 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total2 684 Density120 km2 300 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African98 7 Coloured0 07 Indian Asian0 1 White0 5 Other0 5 First languages 2011 1 Zulu93 4 English1 6 Other5 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST PO box4105Area code031The township lies near the junction of the M30 to Umlazi and R603 to Kingsburgh and Umlaas Road about 45 km south west of Durban and 19 km from the Indian Ocean Derived from Zulu the name is said to mean place of the round knoll 2 Umbumbulu is a rural area bordered by Madundube on the north east and the farming community of Mid Illovo on the south In the 1970s and 1980s it was a scene of a local conflict which saw hundreds murdered and thousands dislocated It has since become a picture of serene rural living The main river running through Umbumbulu is the Ntinyane River and it is infamous as the site where a clergyman was swept away by the floods in the 1980s his body never retrieved to this day References edit a b c d Mainplace Umbumbulu from Census 2011 Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Public Domain Human Science Research Council p 444 nbsp This KwaZulu Natal location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Umbumbulu amp oldid 1185408507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
