Pinetown

Pinetown is a city that forms part of the , based just inland from in , South Africa. The city is situated 16 km north-west of Durban and 64 km south-east of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include New Germany Nature Reserve and Thomas More College.

Nature reserve
is a protected area of coastal grassland and forest overlooking the suburb of outside of Pinetown, , .

School
is an independent, Christian co-educational day school located in , near in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

School
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Pinetown Girls' High School is a for girls in Josiah Gumede road, Pinetown, , . It was founded in 1955 as Pinetown High School, a co-educational school, at its current site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenholme Nature Reserve and Kloof.

is a 42-hectare privately managed area of grassland, scarp and swamp forest in , outside of , . A small stream in the reserve leads to a waterfall and gorge which forms one of the headwaters of the .

Town
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town that includes a smaller area called Everton, located approximately 26 km north-west of in , . Once an independent municipality, it now forms part of the greater area, itself a part of the . is situated 4½ km northwest of Pinetown.

Suburb
is an industrial town situated just inland from in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It has been incorporated firstly into Pinetown and now into .

Pinetown

Latitude
-29.8143° or 29° 48′ 51″ south
Longitude
30.8582° or 30° 51′ 30″ east
Population
144,000
Elevation
323 metres (1,060 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA PNT
Open location code
5G2G5VP5+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262721935
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
965154
Wiki­data ID
Q985839
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Pinetown” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pinetown”
  • Asturian: “Pinetown”
  • Chinese: “派恩敦”
  • Dutch: “Pinetown”
  • French: “Pinetown”
  • German: “Pinetown”
  • Pedi: “Pinetown”
  • Persian: “پینتوون، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Romanian: “Pinetown”
  • Russian: “Пайнтаун”
  • Swahili: “Pinetown”
  • Ukrainian: “Пайнтаун”
  • Urdu: “پائن ٹاؤن”
  • Zulu: “IPinetown”

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Notable Places Nearby

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