Himeville
Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Himeville is a small village/town situated in the foothills of the picturesque Southern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approx 130 km from Pietermaritzburg. It is a landmark en route to the world-famous Sani Pass and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site). Himeville is the closest town to the Sani Pass which links the town with Mokhotlong in Lesotho.
Himeville | |
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Coordinates: 29°45′S 29°30′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Harry Gwala |
Municipality | Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Area | |
• Total | 4.34 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,697 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 83.5% |
• Coloured | 1.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 15.0% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 72.4% |
• English | 16.7% |
• Xhosa | 4.7% |
• Sotho | 2.4% |
• Other | 3.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 3256 |
Area code | 033 |
Himeville was named in 1902 after the then Prime Minister of Natal, Sir Albert Henry Hime, a road engineer elected as Prime Minister of Natal in 1889. The town was first established as a police outpost and a branch of the Border Mounted Rifles in 1890 following a spate of gun-running and cattle rustling in the area.