KwaZulu-Natal
Uthukela District Municipality
Emnambithi-Ladysmith Local Municipality

Colenso

Colenso is a town in , . It is located on the southern bank of the Tugela River on the R103 road. The original settlement was contained within a loop on the river, but it subsequently expanded southwards and eastwards.
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  • Type: Village with 7,650 residents
  • Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Colenso, South Africa”

Colenso

Latitude
-28.74028° or 28° 44′ 25″ south
Longitude
29.825° or 29° 49′ 30″ east
Population
7,650
Elevation
966 metres (3,169 feet)
Open location code
5G3F7R5F+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262704719
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1013081
Wiki­data ID
Q2884412
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Colenso” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Colenso”
  • Asturian: “Colenso”
  • Dutch: “Colenso”
  • Estonian: “Colenso”
  • German: “Colenso”
  • Pedi: “Colenso”
  • Romanian: “Colenso”
  • Russian: “Колензо”
  • Russian: “Коленсо”
  • Spanish: “Colenso”
  • Swedish: “Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal”
  • Swedish: “Colenso”
  • Zulu: “IColenso”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Colenso”. Photo: RAM, Public domain.