Amahlongwa Mission

Amahlongwa Mission or simply known as Amahlongwa and oftely informally abbreviated as A.M.H is a small township on the south coast region of KwaZulu-Natal.

Demography

The population of the township in 2011 was 7,455 people with 1,591 households. It has an area of with an elevation of above sea level.

Religion

Churches in the area include :

• Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
• Assemblies of God
• Roman Catholic Church
• Ekuphumeleni Zion Church Of God
• UCCSA, One of the church buildings is located on the original site of the Amahlongwa Mission Station

Geography

Location

It is under the Umdoni Local Municipality, with neighboring townships such as Amandawe, Dududu, KwaCele, Clausthal.

Wildlife

The township has a large number of animals such as the black mamba, brown house snake, and spotted bush snake.

Notable people

• Sandile Ngidi - A poet, journalist
• Sphesihle Cele - A computer scientist, software engineer, mathematician and CEO at Dalton Productions.

References

JOURNAL OF NATAL AND ZULU HISTORY, VOL. 28 (2010)