Umbumbulu

Umbumbulu is a town in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Umbumbulu
Village center
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Coordinates: 29.984°S 30.702°E / -29.984; 30.702
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Area [1]
• Total	23.2 km2 (9.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,684
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	98.7%
• Coloured	0.07%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.5%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	93.4%
• English	1.6%
• Other	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	4105
Area code	031

The township lies near the junction of Highway M30 and R603 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.