Amahlongwa | |
Official Name: | Amahlongwa Mission |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa #Africa |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ugu District Municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | uMdoni Local Municipality |
Established Title: | Established |
Named For: | Amahlongwa River [2] |
Government Type: | Mayor-council government |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 10.12 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 7,455 |
Population Density Km2: | 615.86 |
Population Demonym: | Amahlongwan |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [3] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black Africans |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [4] |
Demographics2 Title1: | English |
Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Title3: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Title4: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 4170 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 4180 |
Area Code: | 039 |
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.
The population of the township in 2011 was 7,455 people with 1,591 households.[5] It has an area of with an elevation of above sea level.
Churches in the area include :
It is under the Umdoni Local Municipality, with neighboring townships such as Amandawe, Dududu, KwaCele, Clausthal.
The township has a large number of animals such as the black mamba,[6] [7] brown house snake, and spotted bush snake.