Port Shepstone
Port Shepstone is a large town situated on the mouth of the Mzimkhulu River, the largest river on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast of South Africa. It is located halfway between Hibberdene and Margate and is positioned 120 km south of Durban.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Shepstone railway station.
Port Shepstone railway station
Railway station
Port Shepstone railway station is a railway station located in Port Shepstone, South Africa. The station serves as both the southern terminus of Cape Gauge 111 kilometres line from to Durban, as well as the southern coastal terminus of the narrow gauge Alfred County Railway to Harding, KwaZulu-Natal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Umtentweni and Marburg.
Umtentweni
Village
Umtentweni, also officially known as eMthenteni, is a small coastal resort on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, between the Mzimkulu River and the Mtentweni River. Umtentweni is situated 4 km northeast of Port Shepstone.
Marburg
Suburb
Marburg is a settlement in the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, situated approximately 112 kilometres south-west of the city of Durban.
Boboyi
Suburb
Boboyi, or Bhobhoyi, is a peri-urban settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located 8 kilometres west of Port Shepstone and is named after the Boboyi River which runs through the area. Boboyi is situated 6 km west of Port Shepstone.
Port Shepstone
- Type: Town with 52,800 residents
- Description: town
- Category: locality
- Location: Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-30.7428° or 30° 44′ 34″ southLongitude
30.4506° or 30° 27′ 2″ eastPopulation
52,800Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZCKOpen location code
4GXG7F42+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 262721946OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Port Shepstone” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Port Shepstone”
- Arabic: “ميناء شيبستون”
- Asturian: “Port Shepstone”
- Catalan: “Port Shepstone”
- Cebuano: “Port Shepstone”
- Chinese: “謝普斯敦港”
- Chinese: “谢普斯敦港”
- Dutch: “Port Shepstone”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميناء شيبستين”
- Estonian: “Port Shepstone”
- French: “Port Shepstone”
- German: “Port Shepstone”
- Italian: “Port Shepstone”
- Malagasy: “Port Shepstone”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Port Shepstone”
- Pedi: “Port Shepstone”
- Polish: “Port Shepstone”
- Portuguese: “Port Shepstone”
- Romanian: “Port Shepstone”
- Russian: “Порт-Шепстон”
- Urdu: “پورٹ شیپسٹون”
- Yue Chinese: “謝普斯敦港”
- Zulu: “IPort Shepstone”
- “Port Shepstone”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port Shepstone Regional Hospital and Hibiscus Private Hospital.
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