Manaba Beach, KwaZulu-Natal
Manaba Beach | |
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  Manaba Beach | |
| Coordinates: 30°50′S 30°23′E / 30.833°S 30.383°ECoordinates: 30°50′S 30°23′E / 30.833°S 30.383°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Ugu |
| Municipality | Ray Nkonyeni |
| Main Place | Margate |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 372 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 11.6% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 83.5% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 51.0% |
| • English | 41.5% |
| • Zulu | 3.6% |
| • Other | 3.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 4276 |
| PO box | 4276 |
Manaba Beach is a suburb of Margate, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The name means 'ease and relaxation' in the Zulu language. It is bordered by Margate Beach/Central to the south and Uvongo to the north and extends from Lucien Beach to Uvongo.[2]
Economy[]
Manaba Beach is one of the smaller economic centres of the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast and has many retail and hardware stores and motor repair centres which are mainly stringed along its main road, Marine Drive.
Albany also has its Margate bakery in Manaba Beach and Fidelity's ADT residential systems company have their regional branch in Manaba Beach.[3][4]
Beach[]
The Manaba Beach vicinity consists of two beaches, Lucien and Manaba Beach. Lucien Beach is the blue flag beach on the north end of Margate Beach. Manaba Beach has lifeguards and also has shark nets which makes it a safe swimming beach. Margate Main Beach just south of Lucien Beach is also within easy access for residents of Manaba Beach.
There are also natural rock pools along the rocks between these two beaches there is also a large tidal swimming pool.
Despite being a commercial centre, Manaba Beach is also a seaside resort area and has many self-catering holiday accommodation flats along the beach.[5]
Roads[]
The R620 named Marine Drive passes through Manaba Beach as its main road and is the main thoroughfare for the suburb. The road connects to Margate Central, Ramsgate, Southbroom and Port Edward (via the R61/N2) to the south and Uvongo, Shelly Beach and Port Shepstone to the north.
Seaslopes Avenue north of Manaba Beach connects the suburb to the tolled R61 highway connecting to Port Shepstone and Durban (via the N2) to the north and Port Edward to the south.
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Manaba Beach". Census 2011.
- ^ "Manaba Beach - SA-Venues.com". www.sa-venues.co.za.
- ^ "Albany Bakeries - Margate. Projects, photos, reviews and more | Snupit". www.snupit.co.za. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ www.adt.co.za https://www.adt.co.za/branch-locator. Retrieved 2021-04-29. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ "Manaba Beach Self Catering Holiday Accommodation South Coast". Van Heerden Letting. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- Margate
- Populated places in KwaZulu-Natal