Durban
Durban is a city on the east coast of South Africa in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and in the municipality of eThekwini. It is the third largest city in South Africa and the busiest port in Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 3,440,000 residents
- Description: city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Durban, eThekwini”, “Durban, KwaZulu-Natal”, and “Durban, South Africa”
- Historically known as: “Port Natal”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Durban Botanic Gardens and Durban City Hall.
Durban Botanic Gardens
Garden
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The Durban Botanic Gardens is situated in the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is Durban's oldest public institution and Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens. The gardens cover an area of 15 hectares in a subtropical climate.
Durban City Hall
Town hall
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Durban City Hall is a historic city hall located at Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Juma Mosque
Mosque
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The Juma Mosque of Durban, also known as the Grey Street Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque located in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berea and Greyville.
Berea
Suburb
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The Berea is a ridge above the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on the northern side which overlooks the city centre and the Indian Ocean. Berea is also used as a collective designation for the suburbs in the area.
Greyville
Suburb
Greyville is an area in Durban, South Africa. It is on the flat land west of the Durban city centre, at the foot of the Berea. It includes the Greyville Racecourse.
Essenwood
Suburb
Essenwood is a central suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately 3 kilometres north-west of the city centre. It is administered by the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the municipality governing Durban and its surrounding suburbs.
Durban
- Categories: port city, big city, and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.8618° or 29° 51′ 43″ southLongitude
31.0099° or 31° 0′ 36″ eastPopulation
3,440,000Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)IATA airport code
DUROpen location code
5G2H42Q5+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 27564996OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Durban” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Durban”
- Albanian: “Durban”
- Amharic: “ደርባን”
- Arabic: “دربان”
- Arabic: “دربن”
- Arabic: “ديربان”
- Arabic: “مدينة ديربان”
- Armenian: “Դուրբան”
- Asturian: “Durban”
- Awadhi: “डरबन”
- Azerbaijani: “Durban”
- Balinese: “Durban”
- Bashkir: “Дурбан”
- Basque: “Durban”
- Belarusian: “Дурбан”
- Bengali: “ডারবান”
- Breton: “Durban”
- Bulgarian: “Дърбан”
- Burmese: “ဒါဘန်မြို့”
- Catalan: “Durban”
- Cebuano: “Durban”
- Chechen: “Дурбан”
- Chinese: “德班”
- Chinese: “爹濱”
- Chinese: “納塔爾港”
- Croatian: “Durban”
- Czech: “Durban”
- Danish: “Durban”
- Dimli (individual language): “Durban”
- Dotyali: “डर्बन”
- Dutch: “Durban”
- Eastern Mari: “Дурбан”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديربان”
- Esperanto: “Durbano”
- Estonian: “Durban”
- Finnish: “Durban”
- French: “Durban”
- Galician: “Durban”
- Georgian: “დურბანი”
- German: “Durban”
- Greek: “Durban”
- Greek: “Ντέρμπαν”
- Greek: “Ντούρμπαν”
- Gujarati: “ડર્બન”
- Hakka Chinese: “Durban”
- Hausa: “Durban”
- Hebrew: “דרבן”
- Hindi: “डरबन”
- Hindi: “डर्बन”
- Hungarian: “Durban”
- Icelandic: “Durban”
- Ido: “Durban”
- Indonesian: “Durban”
- Interlingua: “Durban”
- Interlingue: “Durban”
- Irish: “Durban”
- Italian: “Durban”
- Japanese: “エテクウィニ”
- Japanese: “ダーバン”
- Kabiyè: “Turibani”
- Kannada: “ಡರ್ಬನ್”
- Kazakh: “Дурбан”
- Korean: “더반”
- Latin: “Durbanum”
- Latvian: “Durbana”
- Lithuanian: “Durbanas”
- Lombard: “Durban”
- Luxembourgish: “Durban”
- Macedonian: “Дурбан”
- Malagasy: “Durban”
- Malay: “Durban”
- Malayalam: “ഡർബൻ”
- Maltese: “Durban”
- Marathi: “डर्बन”
- Mingrelian: “დურბანი”
- Moksha: “Дурбан”
- Northern Frisian: “Durban (Steed)”
- Northern Frisian: “Durban”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Durban”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Durban”
- Norwegian: “Durban”
- Nyanja: “Durban”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Durban”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Durban”
- Ossetian: “Дурбан”
- Panjabi: “ਡਰਬਨ”
- Pedi: “Durban”
- Pennsylvania German: “Durban”
- Persian: “دوربان”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Durban”
- Polish: “Durban”
- Portuguese: “Durban, África do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Durban”
- Romanian: “Durban”
- Russian: “Дурбан”
- Russian: “Порт-Натал”
- Samogitian: “Durbanas”
- Scots: “Durban”
- Serbian: “Дурбан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Durban”
- Shona: “Durban”
- Sicilian: “Durban”
- Silesian: “Durban”
- Sindhi: “ڊربن”
- Sinhala: “ඩර්බන්”
- Slovak: “Durban”
- Slovenian: “Durban”
- Southern Sotho: “Thekong”
- Spanish: “Durban”
- Swahili: “Durban”
- Swedish: “Durban”
- Tamil: “டர்பன்”
- Telugu: “డర్బన్”
- Thai: “เดอร์บัน”
- Tswana: “Durban”
- Turkish: “Durban”
- Ukrainian: “Дурбан”
- Urdu: “ڈربن”
- Uzbek: “Durban”
- Uzbek: “Port-Natal”
- Venda: “Durban”
- Venetian: “Durban”
- Veps: “Durban”
- Vietnamese: “Durban”
- Volapük: “Durban”
- Waray (Philippines): “Durban”
- Welsh: “Durban”
- Western Frisian: “Durban”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈربن”
- Wu Chinese: “德班”
- Xhosa: “EThekwini”
- Yoruba: “Durban”
- Yue Chinese: “爹濱”
- Zulu: “ITheku”
- “Durban”
- “Durbanas”
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