Umlazi
Sign in to saveUmlazi is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, located south-west of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its South Municipal Planning Region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Umlazi
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- Umlazi, South Africa.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Umlazi
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- KwaZulu-Natal
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- eThekwini
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 47.46
- Settlement.population_total
- 404811
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- South African township
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
- Image
- Umlazi, South Africa.jpg
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- inception
- 1845-01-01
- postal code
- 4031
- Commons category
- Umlazi
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Encyclopedic overview
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Umlazi is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, located south-west of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its South Municipal Planning Region.
It is the largest township in South Africa. Prior to 1 December 2023, Umlazi was the only township in the country that had its own registration plate, which was NUZ. It is divided into 26 sections, A through to Z, with the exception of I, O and X, but with an addition of AA, BB and CC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Umlazi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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