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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.

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Vinony's link graph records 259 inbound references to Umlazi, and connects out to South Africa, Cape Town and time zone.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Suburbs of Durban, Townships in KwaZulu-Natal and Use South African English from September 2022.

Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Umlazi
Settlement.image_skyline
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
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
eThekwini
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Main Place
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.leader_title
Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
47.46
Settlement.population_total
404811
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

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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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