Murchison is a settlement in the

Ugu District Municipality Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. ''Ugu'' is Zulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district cod ...

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Geography

Murchison is located on the

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approximately 13 kilometres west of

Port Shepstone Port Shepstone is a large town situated on the mouth of the Mzimkhulu River, the largest river on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast of South Africa. It is located halfway between Hibberdene and Margate and is positioned 120 km south of Durban. ...

. It borders the villages of Madakana, Mbotsha, Mdlanzi, Mtengwana and

Boboyi Boboyi, or Bhobhoyi, is a settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located 8 km west of Port Shepstone and is named after the Boboyi River which runs through the village.{{Cite web, url=https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/police-monit ...

Health facilities

Murchison is home to the Murchison District Hospital which a 300-bed public hospital serving the surrounding rural district. The hospital was opened in 1943 by Mr D. Mitchell.

Roads

Murchison lies on the N2 national route to

and

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in the east and

Kokstad Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, as it i ...

and

Mthatha Mthatha , formerly Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known as the K. D. Matanzi ...

in the west. It also connects to the other smaller towns in the inner

such as Ezinqoleni and

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and the

R61 R61 may refer to: * R61 (South Africa) The R61 is a long provincial route in South Africa that connects Beaufort West with Port Shepstone via Graaff-Reinet, Komani (previously Queenstown), Mthatha and Port Edward. The R61 is co-signed with the ...

on the coast which further connects to the beach resort towns of

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

and Port Edward.

References

Populated places in KwaZulu-Natal {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub