Groutville

Groutville is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Home of the late ANC leader, Chief Albert Luthuli, Home to the late RT Rev j. Mdelwa Hlongwane founder to The Bantu Methodist Church.

Groutville
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Coordinates: 29°23′17″S 31°14′42″E / 29.388°S 31.245°E / -29.388; 31.245Coordinates: 29°23′17″S 31°14′42″E / 29.388°S 31.245°E / -29.388; 31.245
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	iLembe
Municipality	KwaDukuza
Area ^[1]
• Total	7.89 km^2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	12,638
• Density	1,600/km^2 (4,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	99.6%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Zulu	93.1%
• S. Ndebele	1.4%
• English	1.3%
• Tsonga	1.2%
• Other	3.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4449
PO box	4450
Area code	032

Mission station several km south-west of Stanger. Established in 1844 by the Reverend Aldin Grout (1803–1894) of the American Missionary Society and named after him. Formerly it was known as Umvoti.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place Groutville". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 193.