Groutville

Groutville is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Home of the late ANC leader, Chief Albert Luthuli and his wife Nokukhanya Bhengu,^[2] Home to RT Rev H. Mdelwa Hlongwane founder to The Bantu Methodist Church.

Groutville
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Coordinates: 29.388°S 31.245°E / -29.388; 31.245
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	iLembe
Municipality	KwaDukuza
Area [1]
• Total	7.89 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	12,638
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.6%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	93.1%
• S. Ndebele	1.4%
• English	1.3%
• Tsonga	1.2%
• Other	3.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4449
PO box	4450
Area code	032

Mission station several km south-west of Stanger. Established in 1844 by the Reverend Aldin Grout (1803–1894) of the American Missionary Society and named after him. Formerly it was known as Umvoti.^[3]