Nquthu
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Coordinates: 28°13′55″S 30°33′58″E / 28.232°S 30.566°E / -28.232; 30.566
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Umzinyathi
Municipality	Nqutu
Area [1]
• Total	5.31 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	170 307
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	97.9%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.2%
• Other	1.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	91.5%
• Sotho	1.6%
• English	1.6%
• Other	5.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Nquthu is a town in Umzinyathi District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village 24 km west-south-west of Barklieside and 53 km east of Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal. Of Zulu origin, the name is derived from isquthu, ‘flat-topped vessel’, descriptive of a nearby hill from which the village takes its name.^[2]

Education

Primary

• Ntanyandlovu Primary School
• Isibuko Sabasha Primary School
• Mafitleng Primary School
• Dalala Primary School
• Monte Casino Primary
• Ngwebini Primary School
• Qediphika Primary School
• Isandlwana Primary School

Secondary

• Siyanda High School

• Ubongumenzi Secondary School
• Nomdumo High School
• Maceba Secondary School
• Sihayo High School
• Mgazi High School
• Ekucabangeni Secondary School
• Nhlalakahle Secondary School
• Zicole Senior Secondary School
• Gadeleni Secondary School
• Phakathwayo Secondary School
• Zindlalele Secondary School

Combined School

• Life Changing & Christian School

Higher institutions of learning

• Mthashana TVET College