Eshowe
Eshowe is the oldest town of British settlement in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and is a good base to see the Zulu culture. The town is enmeshed with the Dlinza forest, one of five remaining coastal scarp forests in Kwazulu-Natal.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Eshowe High School.
Eshowe
- Type: Town with 17,700 residents
- Description: town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: UMlalazi Local Municipality, King Cetshwayo District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.8892° or 28° 53′ 21″ south
Longitude
31.4704° or 31° 28′ 14″ east
Population
17,700
Elevation
539 metres (1,768 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA EHW
Open location code
5G3H4F6C+85
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Eshowe” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Eshowe”
- Asturian: “Eshowe”
- Cebuano: “Eshowe”
- Chinese: “埃紹韋”
- Chinese: “艾秀維”
- Chinese: “艾秀维”
- Danish: “Eshowe”
- Dutch: “Eshowe”
- Estonian: “Eshowe”
- French: “Eshowe”
- German: “Eshowe”
- Hebrew: “אשאו”
- Italian: “Eshowe”
- Japanese: “エショウェ”
- Malagasy: “Eshowe”
- Pedi: “Eshowe”
- Polish: “Eshowe”
- Romanian: “Eshowe”
- Russian: “Эшове”
- Urdu: “ایشوے”
- Waray (Philippines): “Eshowe”
- Wu Chinese: “埃绍韦”
- Zulu: “Eshowe”
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