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Mpumalanga
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · Africa
About Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga sits on the route: 15 minutes from Drummond.
Mpumalanga is in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with about 140,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Drummond, about 8 km away.
Mpumalanga, also widely known as Hammarsdale, is a township located in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is situated some 10 km south-south-east of Cato Ridge and some 50 km west of Durban. Derived from Zulu, the name means 'sunrise', 'the sun comes out'.
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township boasts of a local library known as Mpumalanga Library and a shopping center which has become the heart of the township known as the Hammarsdale Junction. There is a local stadium and an Elangeni College campus located in the heart of Mpumalanga. Among amenities such as clinics, police stations, a SASSA and a home affairs office, the township has a variety of schools, some of which are mentioned below.
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Where is Mpumalanga?
Mpumalanga is in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about 8 km from Drummond.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 140,121
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -29.8129, 30.6365
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