eMdloti
Umdloti | |
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![]() Entrance to eMdloti/Umdloti | |
Coordinates: 29°40′S 31°07′E / 29.667°S 31.117°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Municipality | eThekwini |
Area | |
• Total | 1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,778 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 12.3% |
• Coloured | 2.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 8.5% |
• White | 76.7% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 72.7% |
• Afrikaans | 14.3% |
• Zulu | 7.1% |
• Xhosa | 1.7% |
• Other | 4.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
eMdloti, alternatively rendered Umdloti and also known as Umdloti Beach, is a small resort village situated along the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Mdloti River approximately 24 km north-east (14,9 mi) of Durban and 11 km (6.8 mi) north-east of uMhlanga and now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan Municipality.[2]
The name Mdloti is the Zulu word for a species of wild tobacco that grows here.