Creighton | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -30.028°N 29.84°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | KwaZulu-Natal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Harry Gwala |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.36 |
Population Total: | 899 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 83.5% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 5.1% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 1.6% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 9.6% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.2% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info1: | 71.4% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 14.8% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info3: | 5.4% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info4: | 4.6% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 3.8% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 3263 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 039 |
Creighton is a settlement in Harry Gwala District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Village 35 km northwest of Ixopo. Laid out in 1865, it has been administered by a Health Committee since 1947. It was named after Lady McCullum (née Creighton), wife of Sir Henry McCullum, Governor of Natal from 1901 to 1907.[2] The first murder to take place here on record was that of Richard Butcher in 2008.