UMhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal

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View of the skyline and beach of uMhlanga Rocks in 2011
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Coordinates: 29°44′00″S 31°04′15″E / 29.73333°S 31.07083°E / -29.73333; 31.07083
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Government
• Councillor	Heinz de Boer (DA)
Area [1]
• Total	16.75 km2 (6.47 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	24,238
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	17.1%
• Coloured	2.1%
• Indian/Asian	29.2%
• White	53.3%
• Other	1.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	78.9%
• Zulu	9.0%
• Afrikaans	6.1%
• Xhosa	1.1%
• Other	4.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4319
PO box	4320

uMhlanga, alternatively rendered Umhlanga, is a residential, commercial and resort town north of Durban on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, which was created in 2000 and includes the greater Durban area. The name means "place of reeds" in the Zulu language, and the correct pronunciation of "hl" in uMhlanga is similar to the Welsh "ll".

uMhlanga is well known for the Gateway Theatre of Shopping, the largest shopping mall in the Southern Hemisphere.^[2] It also has the second-tallest skyscraper in South Africa, Pearl Sky, at 183 m. uMhlanga is one of the fastest-growing towns in South Africa; its population increased 57.5% from 15,387 in the 2001 census to 24,238 in the 2011 census.