Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal
Donnybrook is a settlement in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
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Coordinates: 29°45′S 30°0′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Harry Gwala |
Municipality | Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Area | |
• Total | 15.10 km2 (5.83 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,683 |
• Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.4% |
• Coloured | 0.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 0.4% |
• Other | 0.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 92.8% |
• S. Ndebele | 1.5% |
• Tswana | 1.4% |
• Sotho | 1.1% |
• Other | 3.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 3237 |
Area code | 039 |
Village some 80 km southwest of Pietermaritzburg. It was named after Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, by Robert Comrie, the owner of the farm on which it was laid out.[2]
Until the mid-1980s, it was the northern terminus of the Umzinto – Donnybrook narrow gauge railway.
References
- "Main Place Donnybrook". Census 2011.
- "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 141.
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