Umbumbulu

29°59′02″S 30°42′07″E / 29.984°S 30.702°E / -29.984; 30.702CountrySouth AfricaProvinceKwaZulu-NatalMunicipalityeThekwiniArea • Total23.2 km² (9.0 sq mi)Population • Total2,684 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African98.7% • Coloured0.07% • Indian/Asian0.1% • White0.5% • Other0.5%First languages (2011) • Zulu93.4% • English1.6% • Other5%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO boxArea code031

Umbumbulu is a town in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The township lies near the junction of the M30 (to Umlazi) and R603 (to Kingsburgh and Umlaas Road) about 45 km south-west of Durban and 19 km from the Indian Ocean. Derived from Zulu, the name is said to mean place of the round knoll.^[2] Umbumbulu is a rural area, bordered by Madundube on the north-east, and the farming community of Mid-Illovo on the south. In the 1970s and 1980s it was a scene of a local conflict, which saw hundreds murdered, and thousands dislocated. It has since become a picture of serene rural living.

The main river running through Umbumbulu is the Ntinyane River, and it is infamous as the site where a clergyman was swept away by the floods in the 1980s, his body never retrieved to this day.

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