Tugela Ferry

Tugela Ferry
Tugela Ferry Tugela Ferry Tugela Ferry  Tugela Ferry shown within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°44′S 30°26′E / 28.733°S 30.433°ECoordinates: 28°44′S 30°26′E / 28.733°S 30.433°E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Umzinyathi
Municipality	Msinga
Area[1]
• Total	4.11 km^2 (1.59 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,093
• Density	510/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	97.2%
• Coloured	0.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	1.9%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Zulu	95.4%
• English	1.9%
• Other	2.7%
PO box	3010
Area code	033

Tugela Ferry is a town on the northern bank of the Tugela River, in central KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. During the apartheid era it formed part of the KwaZulu homeland, and at present it is included in the Umzinyathi DM. The town's name commemorates the ferry which once operated here before a bridge was constructed.^[2]

The town's hospital (Church of Scotland Hospital) is renowned for having discovered the first XDR-TB outbreak in 2005.

Notes

1. "Main Place Tugela Ferry". Census 2011.
2. Raper, P.E. (2004). South African Place Names. Jonathan Ball, Jhb & Cape Town. p. 377. ISBN 1-86842-190-2.