{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Gingindlovu | official_name = KwaGingindlovu | pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|29|1|S|31|35|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[KwaZulu-Natal]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality|King Cetshwayo]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[uMlalazi Local Municipality|uMlalazi]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/589137 |title = Main Place Gingindlovu |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 2.39 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 1109 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 57.6% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 11.3% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 29.2% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 1.1% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.8% <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Zulu language|Zulu]] | demographics2_info1 = 49.1% | demographics2_title2 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info2 = 44.8% | demographics2_title3 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info3 = 1.6% | demographics2_title4 = [[Southern Ndebele language|S. Ndebele]] | demographics2_info4 = 1.2% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 3.3% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 3800 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 3800 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 035 }} '''Gingindlovu''', officially renamed to '''KwaGingindlovu''', is a town in the [[King Cetshwayo District Municipality]], part of the [[KwaZulu-Natal]] province of [[South Africa]].

Village 21&nbsp;km south-east of [[Eshowe]]. The name was first applied to one of [[Cetshwayo]]'s military kraals nearby. Of Zulu origin, it is said to mean 'place of the big elephant' or, more possibly, 'swallower of the elephant', referring to Cetshwayo's victory over his brother [[Mbulazi]] in 1856.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=177}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{uThungulu District Municipality}}

[[Category:Populated places in the uMlalazi Local Municipality]]

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