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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Nkwifa
| pushpin_map             = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|30.321|S|30.608|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       = [[Ugu District Municipality|Ugu]]
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Umdoni Local Municipality|Umdoni]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
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| demographics1_title5    = Other
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| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
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'''Nkwifa''' is a settlement some 5&nbsp;km west of [[Umzinto]]. Named after the [[Nkwifa River]] which flows past it. Derived from Zulu, the name means 'the spewing one', referring to the waterfall.{{#tag:ref |{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n338/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=28 August 2013|page=338|year=1987}} |name=dosapn}}
==References==
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{{Ugu District Municipality}}
[[Category:Populated places in the Umdoni Local Municipality]]
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