Tugela River
The Tugela River is the largest river in KwaZulu, South Africa. With a total length of 560 km, and a drop of 1 370 metres in the lower 480 km, it is one of the most important rivers of the country.
- Stream
- …is also known as “uThukela”
- Description: river in South Africa
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zinkwazi Beach and Tugela.
Zinkwazi Beach
Suburb
Zinkwazi Beach is a small town on the North Coast of the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. Zinkwazi Beach is situated 8 km southwest of Tugela River.
Tugela
Village
Tugela is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Tugela is situated 9 km northwest of Tugela River.
Tugela River
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Latitude
-29.22506° or 29° 13′ 30″ south
Longitude
31.4971° or 31° 29′ 50″ east
Open location code
5G2HQFFW+XR
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Tugela River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tugelarivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tugela”
- Basque: “Tugela ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Тугела”
- Bulgarian: “Тугела”
- Burmese: “တုဂီလာမြစ်”
- Catalan: “Riu Tugela”
- Cebuano: “Tugela River”
- Chinese: “图盖拉河”
- Chinese: “圖蓋拉河”
- Croatian: “Tugela”
- Czech: “Tugela”
- Dagbani: “Tugela Mɔɣili”
- Dagbani: “Tugela River”
- Dutch: “Tugela”
- Dutch: “Tugelarivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر توجيلا”
- Estonian: “Tugela jõgi”
- Finnish: “Thukela”
- Finnish: “Tugela-joki”
- Finnish: “Tugela”
- French: “Rivière Tugela”
- French: “Tugela”
- Fulah: “Maayo Tugela”
- German: “Thukela River”
- German: “Thukela”
- German: “Tugela”
- German: “UThukela River”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Tugela River”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Τουγκέλα”
- Greek: “Τουγκέλα”
- Greek: “Τουκέλα”
- Hausa: “Kogin Tugela”
- Hebrew: “נהר טוגלה”
- Hindi: “तुगेला नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Tugela”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tugela”
- Italian: “Tugela”
- Japanese: “ツゲラ川”
- Japanese: “トゥゲラ川”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Tugela”
- Kirghiz: “Тугела”
- Lithuanian: “Tugela”
- Malayalam: “ടുഗേല നദി”
- Malayalam: “തുഗെല നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ტუგელა (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ტუგელა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tugela”
- Norwegian: “Tugela”
- Persian: “رود توگلا”
- Polish: “Tugela”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tugela”
- Russian: “Тугела”
- Serbian: “Tugela”
- Serbian: “Река Тугела”
- Serbian: “Река Тукела”
- Serbian: “Тугела”
- Serbian: “Тукела”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tugela”
- Somali: “Webiga Tugela”
- South Azerbaijani: “توقلا چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Tugela”
- Spanish: “Río Tugela”
- Swahili: “Mto Tugela”
- Swati: “Umfula iTugela”
- Swedish: “Tugela River”
- Swedish: “Tugela”
- Swedish: “Tugelafloden”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Tugela”
- Turkish: “Tugela Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Тугела”
- Ukrainian: “Туґела”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tugela”
- Welsh: “Afon Tugela”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tugela Mouth and Mangeti.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tugela Beach and Red Hill.
KwaZulu-Natal: Highlights
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