Empangeni
Sign in to saveEmpangeni is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is approximately 157 kilometres north of Durban, in hilly countryside, overlooking a flat coastal plain and the major harbour town of Richards Bay 16 kilometres away. The N2 freeway runs east from Empangeni intersecting John Ross Highway (R34) which connects Empangeni and Richards Bay.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Empangeni
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Empangeni.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Street in Empangeni
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- King Cetshwayo
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- uMhlathuze
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- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 154.47
- Settlement.population_total
- 110340
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- uMhlathuze Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 103
- Image
- Empangeni.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035
Show 4 more facts
- P12749
- Lee Morin
- inception
- 1851-01-01
- postal code
- 3880
- Commons category
- Empangeni
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Humble beginnings
- The reign of the Hammerman
- The Riots of 2021
- Education
- High schools
- Primary schools
- Religion
- Sports
- Notable people
- Local media
- Ngwelezane township
- References
- External links
Empangeni is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is approximately 157 kilometres north of Durban, in hilly countryside, overlooking a flat coastal plain and the major harbour town of Richards Bay 16 kilometres away. The N2 freeway runs east from Empangeni intersecting John Ross Highway (R34) which connects Empangeni and Richards Bay.
The climate is sub-tropical with an average temperature of 28.4 °C in summer and 14.5 °C in Winter. The town is said, by local residents, to not have a real winter, as temperatures are seldom very low.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Empangeni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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