Hlabisa

{{For|the president of the Inkatha Freedom Party|Velenkosini Hlabisa}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hlabisa

| pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|28|8|S|31|52|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 = Umkhanyakude

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Big Five Hlabisa

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/585032 |title = Main Place Hlabisa |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 1.81

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2469

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 96.9%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.6%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.4%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 0.8%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 1.3%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Zulu

| demographics2_info1 = 90.0%

| demographics2_title2 = Sign language

| demographics2_info2 = 3.7%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 1.9%

| demographics2_title4 = S. Ndebele

| demographics2_info4 = 1.0%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 3.3%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 3937

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 035

}}

Hlabisa is a settlement in Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The village lies between the Hluhluwe and Umfolozi game reserves, some 40 km north-west of Mtubatuba. It is named after the Hlabisa tribe of Zulus,{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=210}} and also known as kwaHlabisa.{{cite web | last=Khumalo | first=Fred | title=‘The whole wide world could see what South Africa was truly like’—Read an excerpt from Heart of a Strong Woman: A Memoir by Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema, as told to Fred Khumalo | website=The Johannesburg Review of Books | date=27 August 2020 | url=https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2020/08/27/the-whole-wide-world-could-see-what-south-africa-was-truly-like-read-an-excerpt-from-heart-of-a-strong-woman-a-memoir-by-xoliswa-nduneni-ngema-as-told-to-fred-khumalo/ | access-date=29 December 2023}}

Neighbouring localities include Somkele (37 km); Nongoma (40 km); Kwamsane (43 km); Mtubatuba (47 km); Hluhluwe (48 km); Mahlabatini (50 km).[http://www.saexplorer.co.za/south-africa/distance/hlabisa_distance.asp Travel distances from Hlabisa]

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.{{Cite journal |last1=Sloan |first1=Derek J. |last2=Dedicoat |first2=Martin J. |last3=Lalloo |first3=David G. |date=2007-11-28 |title=Healthcare-seeking behaviour and use of traditional healers after snakebite in Hlabisa sub-district, KwaZulu Natal: Healthcare seeking after snakebite |journal=Tropical Medicine & International Health |language=en |volume=12 |issue=11 |pages=1386–1390 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01924.x |pmid=18045265 |doi-access=free}}