Felixton
Felixton | |
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Felixton Felixton Felixton Felixton shown within KwaZulu-Natal | |
Coordinates: 28°49′52″S 31°53′38″E / 28.831°S 31.894°ECoordinates: 28°49′52″S 31°53′38″E / 28.831°S 31.894°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | uThungulu |
Municipality | uMhlathuze |
Main Place | Empangeni |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,023 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 66.7% |
• Coloured | 1.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 11.4% |
• White | 20.5% |
• Other | 0.1% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Zulu | 52.5% |
• English | 31.7% |
• Afrikaans | 8.3% |
• Swazi | 1.4% |
• Other | 6.1% |
PO box | 3875 |
Felixton is a town in Uthungulu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Village 10 km south-east of Empangeni, first settled in 1907. Said to have been named either after Viscount Herbert John Gladstone, nicknamed Felix, or after a local pioneer, Felix Piccione.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Felixton". Census 2011.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 162.
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