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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.
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 ...
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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.
1901 - Town Hall rebuilt. [1] 1904 Electric tram begins operating. Natal Government Museum active. [15] Population: 31,119. [1] 1910 Natal University College founded. Pietermaritzburg becomes part of the newly formed Union of South Africa (British dominion). 1911 - Population: 30,555. [16] 1912 - Voortrekker museum founded.
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 .
The Province of Natal (Afrikaans: Natalprovinsie), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg . During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organised into the bantustan of KwaZulu , which was progressively separated from the ...
After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, the British defeated the Zulu army, and annexed Zululand to Natal in 1897. [3] One of the four founding provinces of South Africa, it is now KwaZulu-Natal. [6] This province is still home to the Zulu nation; native speakers of the Zulu language form 77.8% of the population.