Kabokweni
Kabokweni
Ngodini | |
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| Coordinates: 25°20′13″S 31°08′06″E / 25.337°S 31.135°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Ehlanzeni |
| Municipality | Mbombela |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 21,905 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.3% |
| • Coloured | 1.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Swazi | 82.2% |
| • English | 3.8% |
| • Tsonga | 3.4% |
| • Zulu | 2.9% |
| • Other | 7.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 1245 |
| Area code | 013 |
Kabokweni (also known as Ngodini) is a town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Kabokweni was formally established in 1967 as the first residential township in the KaNgwane Bantustan. In 1968 the Bantu Affairs Department of the Apartheid state forcibly moved over 3000 people from the town of White River to Kabokweni. Today, it is a town of over 20 000 people.