Illovo Beach

Illovo Beach
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Location within Durban  Illovo Beach
Coordinates: 30°07′S 30°51′E / 30.117°S 30.850°E / -30.117; 30.850Coordinates: 30°07′S 30°51′E / 30.117°S 30.850°E / -30.117; 30.850
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Main Place	Kingsburgh
Area
• Total	1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,103
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	11.4%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	4.1%
• White	82.6%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011)
• English	58.0%
• Afrikaans	31.8%
• Zulu	7.2%
• Other	3.0%
Postal code (street)	4126
PO box	4155

Illovo Beach is a small coastal resort on the banks of the Illovo River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is now part of eThekwini. The river was named by the Zulus "iLovo" because of the mlovo trees growing on its banks.