Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal
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Coordinates: 28°11′00″S 30°09′00″E / 28.18333°S 30.15000°ECoordinates: 28°11′00″S 30°09′00″E / 28.18333°S 30.15000°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Umzinyathi |
Municipality | Endumeni |
Established | 1903 |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 26.58 km2 (10.26 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 17,548 |
• Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 83.0% |
• Coloured | 1.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 6.9% |
• White | 8.9% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Zulu | 76.6% |
• English | 11.9% |
• Afrikaans | 8.5% |
• Other | 3.0% |
Postal code (street) | 2930 |
PO box | 2930 |
Area code | 034 |
Glencoe is situated in the Umzinyathi District, District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
The main economic activity in the area is coal mining while sheep and cattle ranching are also practiced.
History
With coal discovered at Dundee not even 8 km away an efficient way was needed to transport the coal to the factories other than ox wagons. The railway from Durban to Johannesburg reached this point on 4 September 1889. A new village sprung up where a branch line was built from the Durban-Johannesburg line to the eastern Transvaal in 1903. The village was renamed Glencoe, after a mountain valley in Lochaber, Scotland, when it became a town in 1934.
Trivia
- General French was periodically stationed here during the Second Boer War.
- Boer President Paul Kruger twice stayed overnight during the Siege of Ladysmith, South Africa.
- The house of Carl Landman - second in command at the Battle of Blood River can - be found on a farm close to Glencoe.
- Fort Mistake, a fort designed as a communications link between Ladysmith and Newcastle in 1881 and playing a key role in the Anglo-Boer War is found nearby.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Glencoe". Census 2011.
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