Mobeni
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Mobeni | |
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  Mobeni  Mobeni | |
| Coordinates: 29°56′53″S 30°57′09″E / 29.9480°S 30.9525°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Municipality | eThekwini |
| Main Place | Durban |
| Government | |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 10 833 |
| • Density | 1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 78.9% |
| • Coloured | 1.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 18.2% |
| • White | 0.9% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 49.0% |
| • English | 22.8% |
| • Xhosa | 12.3% |
| • Other | 15.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 4052 (Mobeni)/4092 (Mobeni Heights) |
| PO box | 4060 |
Mobeni is a suburb of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms part of the heavily industrialised South Durban Basin, a sub-region south of Durban.
Mobeni is a collective of three suburbs that lie between Chatsworth and the Bluff, namely the industrial suburbs of Mobeni East and Mobeni West and the residential suburb of Mobeni Heights. Mobeni Heights lies west of the N2 along the M1 towards Chatsworth. Mobeni West lies between the N2 and R102 and Mobeni East lies between the M4 and Jacobs (part of the Bluff).