Durban

Durban is a city on the east coast of in the province of and in the municipality of eThekwini. It is the third largest city in and the busiest port in Africa.
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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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durban Botanic Gardens and Durban City Hall.

Garden
The is situated in the city of Durban, , . It is Durban's oldest public institution and 's oldest surviving botanical gardens. The gardens cover an area of 15 hectares in a subtropical climate.

Town hall
is a historic city hall located at Durban in , South Africa.

Mosque
The of Durban, also known as the Grey Street Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque located in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berea and Greyville.

Suburb
The is a ridge above the city of Durban, , on the northern side which overlooks the city centre and the Indian Ocean. is also used as a collective designation for the suburbs in the area.

Suburb
is an area in Durban, . It is on the flat land west of the Durban city centre, at the foot of the . It includes the .

Suburb
is a central suburb of Durban, , , approximately 3 kilometres north-west of the city centre. It is administered by the , the municipality governing Durban and its surrounding suburbs.

Durban

Latitude
-29.8618° or 29° 51′ 43″ south
Longitude
31.0099° or 31° 0′ 36″ east
Population
3,440,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
IATA airport code
DUR
Open location code
5G2H42Q5+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27564996
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1007311
Wiki­data ID
Q5468
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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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