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Pietermaritzburg (/ ˌ p iː t ər ˈ m ær ɪ t s b ɜːr ɡ /; Zulu: uMgungundlovu) [5] is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. The town was named in Zulu after King Dingane's royal homestead ...
This is a list of cities and towns found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. They are divided according to the districts in which they are located. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
KwaZulu-Natal (/ k w ɑː ˌ z uː l uː n ə ˈ t ɑː l /, also referred to as KZN; nicknamed "the garden province") [6] is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province.
Capital Coordinates Eastern Cape: Bhisho Free State: Bloemfontein: Gauteng ... KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg Limpopo: Polokwane: Mpumalanga ...
Settlement becomes capital of the newly formed British Colony of Natal. 1846 Natal Witness newspaper begins publication. Book Society founded. [6] 1847 - Natal Independent newspaper begins publication. [7] 1851 Natal and East African Society and Agricultural Society founded. [6] In vicinity of Pietermaritzburg, development of Edendale begins ...
KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) and ten district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into forty-three local municipalities .
Ulundi, also known as Mahlabathini, is a town in the Zululand District Municipality.At one time the capital of the Zulu Kingdom [2] in South Africa and later the capital of the Bantustan of KwaZulu, Ulundi now lies in KwaZulu-Natal Province (of which, from 1994 to 2004, it alternated with Pietermaritzburg as the provincial capital).
Durban (/ ˈ d ɜːr b ə n / DUR-bən; Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") [a] is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.