Umzumbe
Sign in to saveUmzumbe or uMzumbe is a seaside resort situated at the mouth of the Mzumbe River (bad kraal) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The name of the river is derived from a band of Hlongwa cannibals who occupied the valley. The Hlongwa was almost wiped out by the Zulu king Shaka in 1828.
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Vinony's link graph records 56 inbound references to Umzumbe, and connects out to Ramsgate, English language and South Africa.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality
- Image
- St Elmos - Umzumbe.JPG
- Dialing code
- 039
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- postal code
- 4225
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Recreational areas
- Spearfishing
- References
Umzumbe or uMzumbe is a seaside resort situated at the mouth of the Mzumbe River (bad kraal) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The name of the river is derived from a band of Hlongwa cannibals who occupied the valley. The Hlongwa was almost wiped out by the Zulu king Shaka in 1828.
==Etymology== Umzumbe is situated south of the mouth of the Mzumbe River, from which it takes its name; of Zulu origin, it has been explained as meaning ‘the dangerous river’, ‘the winding river’ and ‘wild bean river’. The form uMzumbe has been approved.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Umzumbe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations