Cato Ridge
Cato Ridge is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa named after George Christopher Cato, the first mayor of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality as a suburb of the Outer West region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 5,170 residents
- Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Cato Bridge”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camperdown and Inchanga.
Camperdown
Suburb
Camperdown is a settlement in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is approximately 60 km by road northwest of Durban and 20 km southeast of Pietermaritzburg. Camperdown is situated 4½ km west of Cato Ridge.
Inchanga
Suburb
Photo: SoftwareSimian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Intshanga is a village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately halfway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg. Inchanga is situated 7 km east of Cato Ridge.
Valley of 1000 Hills
Photo: Jean & Nathalie, CC BY 2.0.
The Valley of 1000 Hills is a valley in KwaZulu-Natal province that runs between Pietermaritzburg, and Durban. There the Umgeni River meets the Msunduzi River in the valley, and the Dusi Canoe Marathon is run through the area every year.
Cato Ridge
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.73417° or 29° 44′ 3″ southLongitude
30.58778° or 30° 35′ 16″ eastPopulation
5,170Elevation
759 metres (2,490 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA CATOpen location code
5G2G7H8Q+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 262704619OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Cato Ridge” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cato Ridge”
- Asturian: “Cato Ridge”
- Chinese: “卡托嶺”
- Dutch: “Cato Ridge”
- French: “Cato Ridge”
- German: “Cato Ridge”
- Pedi: “Cato Ridge”
- Russian: “Cato Ridge”
- Russian: “Като-Ридж”
- Turkish: “Cato Ridge”
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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 “Cato Ridge”. Photo: P.Lindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0.