Waterval Boven

Waterval Boven (officially known as Emgwenya^[2]) is a small town situated on the edge of the Escarpment on the banks of the Elands River above the 75m Elands Falls on the railway line from Pretoria to Maputo in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Hence the name, which is Dutch for "above the waterfall".^{[citation needed]}

Waterval Boven
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Coordinates: 25°39′S 30°20′E / 25.650°S 30.333°E / -25.650; 30.333
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Nkangala
Municipality	Emakhazeni
Area ^[1]
• Total	38.88 km^2 (15.01 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	6,178
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	83.3%
• Coloured	1.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	14.0%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Swazi	70.9%
• Afrikaans	13.8%
• English	3.4%
• Zulu	3.0%
• Other	9.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1195
Area code	013
Website	www.watervalboven.com

It is the sister town of Waterval Onder which is at the base of the Escarpment below the waterfall. Both settlements were established in 1895 because of the building of the Pretoria - Delagoa Bay railway line,^[3] built by the Netherlands-South African Railway Company (NZASM).^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Main Place Waterval Boven". Census 2011.
2. "AfriForum petitions against name changes". Mail & Guardian Online. 2 November 2009.
3. "Waterval Onder Information". Where to Stay. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

External links

•   Media related to Waterval Boven at Wikimedia Commons