Amahlongwa Mission

Amahlongwa Mission or simply known as Amahlongwa and oftely informally abbreviated as A.M.H is a small township on the south coast region of KwaZulu-Natal.

Amahlongwa
Township
Amahlongwa Mission
Amahlongwa
Amahlongwa
Amahlongwa
Coordinates: 30.2360°S 30.7178°E / -30.2360; 30.7178[1]
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUgu District Municipality
MunicipalityuMdoni Local Municipality
Named forAmahlongwa River [2]
Government
 • TypeMayor-council government
Area
 • Total10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total7,455
 • Density615.86/km2 (1,595.1/sq mi)
DemonymAmahlongwan
Racial makeup (2011)
[3]
First languages (2011)
[4]
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4170
PO box
4180
Area code039

Demography

The population of the township in 2011 was 7,455 people with 1,591 households.[5] It has an area of 12.10 square kilometres (4.67 sq mi) with an elevation of 554 metres (1,818 ft) above sea level.

Religion

Churches in the area include :

Geography

Location

It is under the Umdoni Local Municipality, with neighboring townships such as Amandawe, Dududu, KwaCele, Clausthal.

Wildlife

The township has a large number of animals such as the black mamba,[6][7] brown house snake, and spotted bush snake.

Notable people
  • Sandile Ngidi - A poet, journalist[8]
  • Sphesihle Cele - A computer scientist, software engineer, mathematician and CEO at Dalton Productions.


References
  1. Google
  2. Amahlongwa Geoview
  3. Census 2011 Statistics South Africa
  4. Census 2011 Statistics South Africa
  5. Census 2011 Statistics South Africa
  6. Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com
  7. Black mamba arrives at KZN school news24.com
  8. Al Jazeera


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