Umkomaas
Sign in to saveUmkomaas, also known by its official name eMkhomazi, is a small coastal town on the subtropical South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was formed when a harbour was built in 1861 to export sugar. The town rests beside the mouth of the navigable uMkhomazi River, also known as the Mkhomazi or Umkomaas. With the successful dredging of Durban harbour's sandbar and arrival of the railway, like Port Shepstone, the harbour fell into disuse, but the village came to life. It is administered as eMkhomazi Area, together with the nearby areas of Craigieburn, Clansthal, Ilfracombe, Crowder, Amahlongwa
Key facts
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- Umkomaas
- Settlement.official_name
- eMkhomazi
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- Umkomaas by air.jpg
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- Aerial view of Umkomaas village and beach, January 2017
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- South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- KwaZulu-Natal
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- District
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- Municipality
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- eThekwini
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 1861
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.14
- Settlement.population_total
- 2716
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22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Name change
- History
- Colonial Era
- World War II plane crash
- Geography
- Topography
- Communities
- Craigieburn
- Roseneath
- Magabeni
- Demographics
- Economy
- Industry
- Culture and contemporary life
- Tourism
- Education
- Parks and greenspace
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Roads
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Umkomaas, also known by its official name eMkhomazi, is a small coastal town on the subtropical South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was formed when a harbour was built in 1861 to export sugar. The town rests beside the mouth of the navigable uMkhomazi River, also known as the Mkhomazi or Umkomaas. With the successful dredging of Durban harbour's sandbar and arrival of the railway, like Port Shepstone, the harbour fell into disuse, but the village came to life. It is administered as eMkhomazi Area, together with the nearby areas of Craigieburn, Clansthal, Ilfracombe, Crowder, Amahlongwa and Hull Valley as part Ward 99 in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
==Etymology== Many whales once used the estuary as a nursery, giving birth in the shallows. The Zulus named the river after this spectacle (uMkhomazi means the place of cow whales). The settlement was originally known as South Barrow, with its suburb known today as Ilfracombe then called North Barrow.
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