Hlabeni

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Hlabeni
Hlabeni
 Hlabeni shown within South Africa
Coordinates: 29°58′23″S 29°42′54″E / 29.973°S 29.715°E / -29.973; 29.715Coordinates: 29°58′23″S 29°42′54″E / 29.973°S 29.715°E / -29.973; 29.715
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District Sisonke
Municipality Ingwe
Area[1]
  Total 5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,323
  Density 230/km2 (580/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 99.2%
  Coloured 0.1%
  Indian/Asian 0.1%
  Other 0.7%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Zulu 98.0%
  Other 2.0%

Hlabeni is a town in Sisonke District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Flat-topped hill some 12 km north-west of Creighton. The name, also applied to the region east and north-east of the hill, to a forest, a river and a mission station, is Zulu and means ‘at the aloes’.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Hlabeni". Census 2011. 
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 210. 


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