Gingindlovu

Gingindlovu
KwaGingindlovu
Gingindlovu
Gingindlovu
Coordinates: 29°1′S 31°35′E / 29.017°S 31.583°E / -29.017; 31.583
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictKing Cetshwayo
MunicipalityuMlalazi
Area
  Total
2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
1,109
  Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African57.6%
  Coloured11.3%
  Indian/Asian29.2%
  White1.1%
  Other0.8%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu49.1%
  English44.8%
  Afrikaans1.6%
  S. Ndebele1.2%
  Other3.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
3800
PO box
3800
Area code035

Gingindlovu, officially renamed to KwaGingindlovu, is a town in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality, part of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village 21 km south-east of Eshowe. The name was first applied to one of Cetshwayo's military kraals nearby. Of Zulu origin, it is said to mean 'place of the big elephant' or, more possibly, 'swallower of the elephant', referring to Cetshwayo's victory over his brother Mbulazi in 1856.