Hlobane

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hlobane

| pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|27.710|S|30.999|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 = Zululand

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Abaqulusi

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/529009 |title = Main Place Hlobane |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 17.08

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 7628

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 99.6%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 =

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 =

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.1%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Zulu

| demographics2_info1 = 96.2%

| demographics2_title2 =

| demographics2_info2 =

| demographics2_title3 =

| demographics2_info3 =

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 3.8%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 3145

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 034

}}

Hlobane is a town in Zululand District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Coal-mining centre 27 km east of Vryheid and 31 km south-west of Louwsburg. The locality was known as such in the 19th century and the name applied to the town in 1924. Of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=211}} It was the scene of the battle of Hlobane in the Zulu War, on 28 March 1879.