Felixton

Felixton is a town in King Cetshwayo District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

CountrySouth Africa

Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

PO box

3875

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Felixton
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Coordinates: 28.831°S 31.894°E / -28.831; 31.894
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	King Cetshwayo
Municipality	uMhlathuze
Main Place	Empangeni
Area [1]
• Total	2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,023
• Density	430/km2 (1,110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	66.7%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	11.4%
• White	20.5%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	52.5%
• English	31.7%
• Afrikaans	8.3%
• Swazi	1.4%
• Other	6.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	3875

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Village 10 km south-east of Empangeni, first settled in 1907. Said to have been named either after Viscount Herbert John Gladstone, nicknamed Felix, or after a local pioneer, Felix Piccione.^[2] The local sugar mill is one of the largest in country.