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KwaZulu-Natal

Province

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu and Natal Province. It is located in the southeast of the country, with a long shoreline on the Indian Ocean. Its 2022 population was 12,818,479 across an area of 94,361 square kilometers, and its capital is Pietermaritzburg. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Pietermaritzburg 1
Population
12,818,479 1
2022 figure from KwaZulu-Natal's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Area (sq km)
94,361 1
Admission Year
1994 1
Latitude
29 degrees south 1
Longitude
31 degrees east 1
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Associated With

Durban, Cities

durban is associated with kwazulu-natal.

Source Durban (Wikipedia)
South Africa, Countries

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa.

Source KwaZulu-Natal (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. KwaZulu-Natal (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) 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. It is located in the southeast of the country, with a long shoreline on the Indian Ocean.
  • Infobox, capital
    Capital Pietermaritzburg
  • Infobox, population
    12,818,479 (2022)
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    94361
  • Infobox, coordinates
    29 S 31 E
  • Lead section
    KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) 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.
  • Part Of: South Africa, Lead paragraph
    referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa
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Wikidata: KwaZulu-Natal
Wikidata Q81725, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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