Lamontville

Lamontville
Lamontville
Lamontville
Coordinates: 29°56′28″S 30°56′20″E / 29.941°S 30.939°E / -29.941; 30.939
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Main PlaceChatsworth
Area
  Total
3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
32,421
  Density8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African99.6%
  Coloured0.2%
  Indian/Asian0.1%
  White0.0%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu83.3%
  Xhosa11.1%
  English2.0%
  Sotho1.4%
  Other2.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4027
PO box
4027
Area code031

Lamontville is a township in eThekwini situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Township south of Durban, on the Umlaas River and next to Mobeni. It was laid out in 1930 and named after the Revd Archibald Lamont, then Mayor of Durban.