Ndwedwe
Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
29°30′53″S 30°56′06″E / 29.514667°S 30.934916°E / -29.514667; 30.934916[1]
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Ndwedwe is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
The village is 60 km north of Durban and about 20 km west-north-west of Tongaat. Of Zulu origin, the name is said to mean "long, bare table-land or ridge," or "pensive," referring to its peaceful setting in the Valley of a Thousand Hills.[2]
Notable residents
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Ndwedwe". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.
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Municipalities and communities of ILembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
District seat: Stanger (KwaDukuza)
![ILembe District within South Africa](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Map_of_South_Africa_with_iLembe_highlighted_%282011%29.svg/150px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_iLembe_highlighted_%282011%29.svg.png)
- Glendale Heights
- Ndwedwe
- Ozwathini
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