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Country
  
District
  
Postal code (street)
  
4225

Local time
  
Friday 7:21 AM

Province
  
Municipality
  
Hibiscus Coast

PO box
  
4225

Area code
  
039

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Weather
  
24°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 46% Humidity

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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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Map of Umzumbe, South Africa

Town some 5 km south-west of Hibberdene, 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.

References

Umzumbe Wikipedia


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