Phoenix
Phoenix is a South African town about 25 kilometres northwest of Durban Central, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was established as a town by the apartheid government in 1979, but it has a long history of Indian occupation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Phoenix, Durban” and “Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inanda and KwaMashu.
Inanda
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Inanda or eNanda is a township in Durban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated 21 km north-west of Durban. It forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban Metropolitan Municipality. Inanda is situated 6 km west of Phoenix.
KwaMashu
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
KwaMashu is a township 12 kilometres north of Durban, South Africa. The name honours Sir Marshall Campbell and means Place of Marshall. KwaMashu is bordered by Newlands East to the south, Newlands West to the west, Ntuzuma to the north, Phoenix to the north-east, Mount Edgecombe to the east and Durban North to the south-east. KwaMashu is situated 6 km southwest of Phoenix.
Buffelsdraai
Suburb
Buffelsdraai is a township in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Buffelsdraai is situated 7 km north of Phoenix.
Phoenix
- Categories: South African township and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.70156° or 29° 42′ 6″ southLongitude
31.00722° or 31° 0′ 26″ eastElevation
46 metres (151 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA PHXOpen location code
5G2H72X4+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 262721927OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
965446Wikidata ID
Q7186736
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Phoenix” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal”
- Afrikaans: “Phoenix”
- French: “Phoenix”
- German: “Phoenix (Südafrika)”
- German: “Phoenix”
- Japanese: “フェニックス”
- Pedi: “Phoenix, KwaZulu Natala”
- Pedi: “Phoenix”
- Tamil: “போனெக்ஸ், டர்பன்”
- Tamil: “போனெக்ஸ்”
- Turkish: “Phoenix”
- Urdu: “فینکس، ڈربن”
- Zulu: “IPhoenix”
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Notable Places Nearby
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