๐ฟ๐ฆ Mpumalanga, also widely known as Hammarsdale, is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is a township about 10 km south-south-east of Cato Ridge and some 50 km west of Durban. Derived from Zulu, the name means 'sunrise', 'the sun comes out'. The township boasts of a local library known as Mpumalanga Library and a shopping centre which has become the heart of the township known as the Hammarsdale Junction. There is a local stadium and an Elangeni college campus located in the heart of Mpumalanga. Among amenities such as clinics, police stations, a SASSA and a home affairs office, the township has a variety of schools. Georgedale, adjoining Mpumalanga to the west was the birthplace of James Mpanza who became known as the "Father of Soweto".
1Geography Mpumalanga forms the easternmost boundary of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Greater Durban region) with the adjoining Mkhambathini Local Municipality in the uMgungundlovu District along with Cato Ridge to the north.
Mpumalanga lies within the hilly region between Durban and Pietermaritzburg known as the Valley of a Thousand Hills and is located north of the uMlazi River. Mpumalanga spans an extensive area of 21,66 kmยฒ and is largely subdivided into multi-sections primarily in the form of letters from A to H as well as other areas with names such as Elangeni, Hammars Estate, Mpumalanga East and Zamani.
The nearest regional urban centre to Mpumalanga is Pinetown, located approximately 35 km to the west whilst Pietermaritzburg, approximately 39 km to the north-west also serves as an urban centre to Mpumalanga as opposed to the larger city of Durban which is considerably further. Other neighbouring towns include Cato Ridge (10 km), Camperdown (16 km) and Hillcrest (24 km).
1Transport: Road Mpumalanga is centred on two roads, namely the M50 also named Mthoko Mkhize Drive leading to Cato Ridge and Inchanga and Buthelezi/Sibisi Drive leading to Shongweni and Hillcrest. The M50 leading to Inchanga provides direct access to the N3 highway between Pietermaritzburg and Durban at the Hammarsdale interchange, just outside Mpumalanga.
1Mpumalanga has a population of over 193,100 people. Mpumalanga also forms part of the wider eThekwini metropolitan area which has a population of over 3,158,313 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Mpumalanga has links with:
๐จ๐ณ Banan, China ๐จ๐ณ Chongqing, China๐ฟ๐ฆ Hammarsdale -29.817
๐ง๐ท Sรฃo Leopoldo -29.772
๐ง๐ท Uruguaiana -29.772
๐ง๐ท Santa Cruz do Sul -29.714
๐ง๐ท Montenegro -29.683
๐ง๐ท Santa Maria -29.683
๐ง๐ท Novo Hamburgo -29.683
๐ง๐ท Sapucaia do Sul -29.842
๐ฟ๐ฆ Chatsworth -29.91
๐ง๐ท Cachoeirinha -29.95
๐น๐ท Konyaaltฤฑ 30.652
๐บ๐ฆ Chornomorsk 30.655
๐ท๐บ Vsevolozhsk 30.667
๐น๐ท Muratpaลa 30.709
Locations Near: Mpumalanga 30.637,-29.817
๐ฟ๐ฆ Hammarsdale 30.637,-29.817 d: 0
๐ฟ๐ฆ Chatsworth 30.885,-29.91 d: 26.1
๐ฟ๐ฆ Pinetown 30.908,-29.813 d: 26.1
๐ฟ๐ฆ Pietermaritzburg 30.383,-29.617 d: 33.1
๐ฟ๐ฆ Phoenix 31.004,-29.701 d: 37.7
๐ฟ๐ฆ Durban 31.031,-29.845 d: 38.1
๐ฟ๐ฆ Scottburgh 30.75,-30.283 d: 53
๐ฟ๐ฆ Howick 30.233,-29.467 d: 55.1
Antipodal to: Mpumalanga -149.363,29.817
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