Ixopo

Ixopo, also known as Stuartstown, is a town situated on a tributary of the uMkhomazi River along the R56 highway in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Ixopo
Settlement.other_name: Stuartstown
Settlement.image_skyline: File:SAR Class NG G11 NG55 (2-6-0+0-6-2).JPG
Settlement.image_caption: SAR Class NG G11 no. NG55 arriving at Ixopo station
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: KwaZulu-Natal
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Harry Gwala
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Johannes Phumani Phungula
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 10.85
Settlement.population_total: 12461

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Image: SAR Class NG G11 NG55 (2-6-0+0-6-2).JPG
Dialing code: 039

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postal code: 3276

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Ixopo, also known as Stuartstown, is a town situated on a tributary of the uMkhomazi River along the R56 highway in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

==Background== The town was laid out in 1878 and named after M Stuart, Resident Magistrate of the surrounding district, who was killed at the Battle of Ingogo in 1881. Its name is derived from the Zulu onomatopoeic word, eXobo, describing the sound made as cattle squelch through mud. The 'x', in Zulu, is pronounced as a lateral click.