Natal (province)
Province of Natal Natalprovinsie ( Afrikaans) | |||||||||
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Province of South Africa | |||||||||
1910–1994 | |||||||||
Natal as it was by 1994 | |||||||||
Capital | Pietermaritzburg | ||||||||
Demonym | Natalian | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Coordinates | 29°S 30°E / 29°S 30°E | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1991 | 2,430,753[1] | ||||||||
• Type | Natal Provincial Council | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 31 May 1910 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||
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The Province of Natal (
In 1994, the KwaZulu bantustan was reincorporated into the territory of Natal and the province was redesignated as KwaZulu-Natal.
Districts in 1991
Districts of the province and population at the time of the 1991 census.[1]
- Mount Currie (main town Kokstad): 41,564
- Harding): 8,794
- Port Shepstone: 67,239
- Umzinto: 46,919
- Ixopo: 22,626
- Polela: 4,364
- Underberg: 9,584
- Impendle: 2,815
- Richmond: 23,476
- Camperdown: 36,315
- Pietermaritzburg: 228,549
- Lions River: 43,060
- New Hanover: 38,207
- Mooirivier: 25,061
- Estcourt: 49,493
- Weenen: 12,485
- Bergville: 22,552
- Greytown): 41,160
- Kranskop: 7,565
- Durban: 473,826
- Inanda (main town Verulam): 299,379
- Pinetown: 184,216
- Chatsworth: 179,957
- Kliprivier: 64,782
- Glencoe: 17,265
- Dundee: 31,613
- Dannhauser: 14,154
- Newcastle: 53,584
- Utrecht: 27,798
- Paulpietersburg: 21,072
- Vryheid: 85,518
- Ngotshe: 26,382
- Stanger): 96,702
- Mtunzini: 18,455
- Eshowe: 13,355
- Mtonjaneni (main town Melmoth): 10,577
- Babanango: 3,069
- Lower Umfolozi (main town Empangeni): 56,082
- Hlabisa: 18,211
- Ubombo (main town Jozini): 2,929
Administrators
See also
- Coat of arms of Natal
- Mtetwa Empire(c. 1750–1817)
- Zululand (1816–1897)
- Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
- Colony of Natal (1843–1910)
- KwaZulu-Natal (1994–)
References
- ^ a b "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa - Nesstar WebView. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Ingalls, Leonard (11 May 1961). "Resentment Grows in Natal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ Wren, Christopher S. (19 October 1990). "De Klerk Lifts Emergency Rule in Natal Province". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ Taylor, Rupert. "Justice denied: political violence in Kwazulu‐Natal after 1994." African Affairs 101, no. 405 (2002): 473-508.
External links
- Hillier, Alfred Peter; Cana, Frank Richardson (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). pp. 252–265. .
- Cana, Frank Richardson (1922). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). pp. 1058–1059. .