Ixopo Stuartstown | |
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.JPG) SAR Class NG G11 no. NG55 arriving at Ixopo station | |
  Ixopo  Ixopo | |
| Coordinates:30°09′26″S30°03′53″E / 30.15722°S 30.06472°E /-30.15722; 30.06472 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Harry Gwala |
| Municipality | Ubuhlebezwe |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.85 km2 (4.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 12,461 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 90.6% |
| • Coloured | 5.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.9% |
| • White | 1.4% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 74.8% |
| • English | 10.6% |
| • Xhosa | 7.6% |
| • Sotho | 2.2% |
| • Other | 4.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 3276 |
| PO box | 3276 |
| Area code | 039 |
Ixopo, also known asStuartstown, is a town situated on a tributary of theuMkhomazi River along theR56 highway in the midlands ofKwaZulu-Natal,South Africa.
The town was laid out in 1878 and named after M Stuart, Resident Magistrate of the surrounding district, who was killed at theBattle of Ingogo in 1881.[2][3]: 256 Its name is derived from theZuluonomatopoeic word,eXobo, describing the sound made ascattle squelch through mud.[3]: 256 The 'x', in Zulu, is pronounced as alateral click.
The town is most famously described byAlan Paton in the opening lines ofCry, The Beloved Country: "There is a lovely road which runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it."[3]: 256
Until the mid-1980s, Ixopo was served by a railway station on the 610 mm (2 ft 0 in) narrow gaugeUmzinto - Donnybrook narrow gauge railway.[3]: 256
3.R56 information Route 56 - Ixopo
Municipalities and communities ofHarry Gwala District Municipality,KwaZulu-Natal | ||
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District seat:Stuartstown (Ixopo) | ||
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| Greater Kokstad | ||
| Ubuhlebezwe |
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| Umzimkhulu | ||
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