Kranskop

Kranskop is a small town that is situated on the edge of the Thukela River valley in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1894 as village called Hopetown but following confusion with another town of the same name in the Great Karoo, Northern Cape, the name was changed. Kranskop was chosen and is named after two cliff faces that rise 1,175 metres above the Thukela Valley near the town. The name is an Afrikaans word meaning "cliff head."

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kranskop
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: Umzinyathi
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Umvoti
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.48
Settlement.population_total: 1514
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Racial makeup (2011)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: South Africa
Located in: Umvoti Local Municipality
Dialing code: 033

Show 2 more facts

inception: 1894-01-01
postal code: 3268

Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections

Contents

Education
References

The Kranskop rock formation has major significance in local Zulu legend and folklore, for whom it is called "Ntunjambili". The Zulu have ancient stories about a forbidden cave and a hill opening that provides protection from cannibals, but then it closes on those who have entered.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kranskop” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.