Maphumulo

Not to be confused with Mapumulo.

Maphumulo is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Maphumulo
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Coordinates: 29.100°S 30.975°E / -29.100; 30.975
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Ilembe
Municipality	Maphumulo
Area [1]
• Total	5.11 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	1,246
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Settlement some 42 km north-west of Stanger and 38 km south-east of Kranskop. Named after the Mapumulo Zulu people who came to live here after being driven out by Shaka; the name is said to mean ‘heaven of rest’.^[2] This village had a trading store (owned by J.O. Christie ^[3]) a police station, a magistrate's court, and a post office - all during the 1940s and 1950s.