Tongaat
oThongathi, previously and still commonly known as Tongaat, is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about 40 kilometres north of Durban and 28 kilometres south of KwaDukuza.
- Type: Town with 64,800 residents
- Description: township in South Africa
- Also known as: “oThongathi”, “OThongathi”, “Tongaat Village”, and “Victoria”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westbrook.
Westbrook
Suburb
Westbrook, also known as Westbrook Beach, is a coastal village on the North Coast of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, approximately 35 kilometres north-east of Durban and 7 kilometres east of oThongathi. Westbrook is situated 5 km southeast of Tongaat.
Tongaat
- Categories: South African township and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.5608° or 29° 33′ 39″ south
Longitude
31.1222° or 31° 7′ 20″ east
Population
64,800
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA TNT
Open location code
5G2HC4QC+MV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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