Hlabisa is a settlement in Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is loca ...

province of

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. The village lies between the Hluhluwe and Umfolozi game reserves, some 40 km north-west of

Mtubatuba Mtubatuba is a town north of Richards Bay close to the entrance of Ncivi and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (previously Greater St Lucia Wetland Park) but now the isimangaliso wetland park is known to be under Mtuba town in KwaZulu-Natal, South A ...

. Named after the Hlabisa tribe of Zulus. Neighbouring localities include Somkele (37 km);

Nongoma Nongoma is a town in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the seat of the Nongoma Local Municipality. It is situated 300 km north of Durban and 56 km from Ulundi; it is surrounded by the Ngome Forest. It is a busy market town ...

(40 km); Kwamsane (43 km);

(47 km);

Hluhluwe Hluhluwe ( ; ) is a small town in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is situated between iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park on the banks of the Hluhluwe River. Hluhluwe is situated on the elephant coast, an area known fo ...

(48 km); Mahlabatini (50 km). In 2007, researchers studied local healthcare habits and how long it took people in Hlabisa sub-district to go to a hospital after they had been bitten by a snake.

Notable people

* Beauty Ngxongo (born 1953), is a master weaver of Zulu baskets; she lives in Hlabisa. * DJ Tira (born 1976; also known as Mthokozisi Khathi), DJ and producer; his birthplace and early childhood home is Hlabisa. * Misuzulu Zulu (born 1974), he is the King of the Zulus and was born in Hlabisa.

References

Populated places in the Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub