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Isipingo
Sign in to saveIsipingo is a town situated south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and currently forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. The town is named after the Siphingo River, which in turn is thought to be named (in the Zulu language) for the intertwining cat-thorn shrubs (Scutia myrtina) present in the area, or the river's winding course.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics KwaZulu-Natal South Coast and Populated places in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
- Area
- 10.43
- Elevation
- 48
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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- postal code
- 4110
- Commons category
- Isipingo
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- World War II plane crashes
- Geography
- Suburbs
- Economy
- Industries
- Retail
- Amenities
- Transport
- Rail
- Roads
- Religious sites
- Landmarks and important sites
- External links
Isipingo is a town situated south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and currently forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. The town is named after the Siphingo River, which in turn is thought to be named (in the Zulu language) for the intertwining cat-thorn shrubs (Scutia myrtina) present in the area, or the river's winding course.
== History == Dick King went to Natal in 1828 and was awarded a large stretch of land between the Umlaas/uMlaza and Mbokodweni rivers at present-day Isipingo Rail, an area where he had already acquired some farmland and built himself a house. King managed a sugar mill in Isipingo until his death in 1871 and was buried in the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isipingo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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