Empangeni

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Empangeni
Street in Empangeni
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Coordinates: 28°45′S 31°54′E / 28.750°S 31.900°E / -28.750; 31.900
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	King Cetshwayo
Municipality	uMhlathuze
Area [1]
• Total	154.47 km2 (59.64 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	110,340
• Density	710/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [1]
• Black African	61.3%
• Coloured	2.8%
• Indian/Asian	5.7%
• White	31.9%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2022) [1]
• Zulu	64.5%
• English	22.9%
• Afrikaans	18.6%
• S. Ndebele	1.3%
• Other	2.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	3880
PO box	3880
Area code	035

Empangeni is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is approximately 157 kilometres north of Durban, in hilly countryside, overlooking a flat coastal plain and the major harbour town of Richards Bay 16 kilometres away. The N2 freeway runs east from Empangeni intersecting John Ross Highway (R34) which connects Empangeni and Richards Bay.

The climate is sub-tropical with an average temperature of 28.4 °C in summer and 14.5 °C in Winter. The town is said, by local residents, to not have a real winter, as temperatures are seldom very low.