Editing Scottburgh (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Scottburgh
| image_skyline            = Scottburgh Beach, South Africa.JPG
| image_caption            = View of Scottburgh Beach
| pushpin_map              = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa#Africa
| coordinates              = {{coord|30|17|S|30|45|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         =  {{flag|South Africa}}
| subdivision_type1        = Province
| subdivision_name1        =  {{flag|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
| established_date         = 1860<ref name=established>{{cite thesis |last=Robson |first=Linda Gillian |title=The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact |date=2011 |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Pretoria |chapter=Annexure A |chapter-url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26503/05back.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y#page=31 |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/26503 |hdl=2263/26503 |pages=xlv–lii}}</ref>
| leader_title             = Mayor
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="census2011">{{Cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/561011 |title = Main Place Scottburgh |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 23.80
| elevation_m              = 19
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total         = 11403
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_density_km2   = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1       = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes  = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1     = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1      = 27.7%
| demographics1_title2     = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2      = 3.0%
| demographics1_title3     = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3      = 22.0%
| demographics1_title4     = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4      = 46.8%
| demographics1_title5     = Other
| demographics1_info5      = 0.6%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2       = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics2_title1     = [[South African English|English]]
| demographics2_info1      = 68.0%
| demographics2_title2     = [[Zulu language|Zulu]]
| demographics2_info2      = 16.0%
| demographics2_title3     = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info3      = 11.2%
| demographics2_title4     = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]
| demographics2_info4      = 2.1%
| demographics2_title5     = Other
| demographics2_info5      = 2.7%
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
<!-- Other information -->| timezone1                = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1              = +2
| postal_code_type         = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code              = 4180
| postal2_code_type        = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code             = 4180
| area_code_type           = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code                = 039
| official_name            = 
}}

'''Scottburgh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|ɒ|t|b|ər|ə}}) is a [[coastal resort town]] located along the [[South Coast (KwaZulu-Natal)|south coast]] of [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[South Africa]]. It situated south of the mouth of the Mpambanyoni River ''(confuser of birds).''<ref name="Ill01">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/illustratedguide0000unse_d6x7 |title=Illustrated guide to Southern Africa |date=1980  |editor=Vic Mayhew |place=Cape Town |publisher=Reader's Digest Association South Africa in association with T.V. Bulpin |isbn=978-0-620-04650-3}}</ref>{{rp|332}}

Prior to 1 December 2023, [[Vehicle registration plates of South Africa|vehicle registration plates]] in Scottburgh started with NX - [[N]] for Natal, X for Ale'''x'''andra as the town once formed part of the Alexandra County in the 1800s along with [[Umzinto]], [[Umkomaas]], [[Park Rynie]] and [[Sezela]]-[[Pennington, South Africa|Pennington]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=A sketch of colonial Umzinto | author=Duncan Du Bois | url=https://www.natalia.org.za/Files/44/Article%20Du%20Bois%20pp%2033%20%20to%2047.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525230055/http://natalia.org.za/Files/44/Article%20Du%20Bois%20pp%2033%20%20to%2047.pdf | archive-date=2015-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=A sketch of colonial Umkomaas | author=Duncan Du Bois | url=https://natalia.org.za/Files/45/Natalia%20No%2045%20Article%20Umkomaas.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830112525/http://natalia.org.za/Files/45/Natalia%20No%2045%20Article%20Umkomaas.pdf | archive-date=2016-08-30}}</ref> The reason why it was not registered as NA instead was because the town of [[Harding, South Africa|Harding]], 140 kilometres south-west, already bore the vehicle registration “NA”.