Mpumalanga

Geography

Mpumalanga forms the easternmost boundary of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Greater Durban region) with the adjoining Mkhambathini Local Municipality in the uMgungundlovu District along with Cato Ridge to the north. Mpumalanga lies within the hilly region between Durban and Pietermaritzburg known as the Valley of a Thousand Hills and is located north of the uMlazi River. Mpumalanga spans an extensive area of 21,66 km2 and is largely subdivided into multi-sections primarily in the form of letters from A to H as well as other areas with names such as Elangeni, Hammars Estate, Mpumalanga East and Zamani. The nearest regional urban centre to Mpumalanga is Pinetown, located approximately 35 kilometres to the east while Pietermaritzburg, approximately 39 kilometres to the north-west also serves as an urban centre to Mpumalanga as opposed to the larger city of Durban which is considerably further. Other neighbouring towns include Cato Ridge (10 km), Camperdown (16 km) and Hillcrest (24 km).

Most-observed species

• Hadada Ibis

  Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,892
• Red-eyed Dove

  Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves
  2,685
• Village Weaver

  Ploceus cucullatus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
  2,256
• Cape White-eye

  Zosterops virens Sundevall, 1850 · Aves
  2,083
• Black-collared Barbet

  Lybius torquatus (Dumont, 1805) · Aves
  2,067
• Red-winged Starling

  Onychognathus morio (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,059
• Egyptian Goose

  Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,057
• Sombre Greenbul

  Andropadus importunus (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  1,991

Most recent

• M 4.2 — 2019-10-31
  47 km NW of Port Shepstone, South Africa
• M 3.7 — 2016-02-06
  South Africa