Ndwedwe

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ndwedwe

| pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|-29.514667| 30.934916|region:ZA|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = iLembe

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Ndwedwe

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/593044 |title = Main Place Ndwedwe |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 17.23

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 4488

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 99.5%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 =

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 =

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.1%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Zulu

| demographics2_info1 = 94.1%

| demographics2_title2 = S. Ndebele

| demographics2_info2 = 1.5%

| demographics2_title3 = Tswana

| demographics2_info3 = 1.2%

| demographics2_title4 = English

| demographics2_info4 = 1.2%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 2.0%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 4342

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 4342

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 032

}}

Ndwedwe is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The village is 60 km north of Durban and about 20 km west-north-west of oThongathi. Of Zulu origin, the name is said to mean "long, bare table-land or ridge," or "pensive," referring to its peaceful setting in the Valley of a Thousand Hills.{{cite book|last=Raper|first=P. E. |title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names | year=1989|publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers|isbn=978-0-947464-04-2|via=Internet Archive|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n329/mode/2up/search/ndwedwe |page=330}}