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Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal

Coordinates: 28°11′00″S 30°09′00″E / 28.18333°S 30.15000°E / -28.18333; 30.15000
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Glencoe
Glencoe is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Glencoe
Glencoe
Glencoe is located in South Africa
Glencoe
Glencoe
Coordinates: 28°11′00″S 30°09′00″E / 28.18333°S 30.15000°E / -28.18333; 30.15000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUmzinyathi
MunicipalityEndumeni
Area
 • Total26.58 km2 (10.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total17,548
 • Density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African83.0%
 • Coloured1.0%
 • Indian/Asian6.9%
 • White8.9%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu76.6%
 • English11.9%
 • Afrikaans8.5%
 • Other3.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2930
PO box
2930
Area code034

Glencoe is situated in the Umzinyathi District, District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

The main economic activity in the area is coal mining along with sheep and cattle ranching.

History

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With coal discovered 8 km away from Dundee, an efficient way was needed to transport coal to factories other than by ox wagon. The railway from Durban to Johannesburg reached this point on 4 September 1889. A new village sprung up where a branch line was built from the Durban-Johannesburg line to the eastern Transvaal in 1903. The village was renamed Glencoe, after a mountain valley in Lochaber, Scotland, it became a town in 1934.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Glencoe". Census 2011.