KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province in the east of South Africa, bordering Mozambique in the north and the Eastern Cape in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Durban
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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.
Pietermaritzburg
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Pietermaritzburg is a city in the centre of South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. The capital of Kwazulu-Natal, it is famous for its history and architecture.
ISimangaliso Wetland Park
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The iSimangaliso Wetland Park, previously known as Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park, is one of the most diverse regions in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as South Coast and Ukhahlamba Drakensberg.
South Coast
The South Coast, also known as the Hibiscus Coast, is in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Ukhahlamba Drakensberg
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The Drakensberg is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – 2,000 to 3,482 metres within the border region of South Africa and Lesotho.
Elephant Coast
Elephant Coast, also known as Maputaland, is the area of the Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Battlefields
Battlefields is in the northern part of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. During the nineteenth century it was the scene of battles between the Zulu and the Voortrekkers, between the British and the Zulu and between the British and the Boers.
Zululand
Zululand is one of the 11 districts of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is home to some of the continent's longest established wildlife reserves.
North Coast
Ballito is an affluent coastal town located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ballito is about 40 kilometres north of Durban and 24 kilometres south of KwaDukuza.
Richards Bay
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Richards Bay is a city of 57,000 people in KwaZulu-Natal. It is a gateway to Zululand, and an area popular with foreign tourists because of its large game parks and the diverse wildlife on offer. It is also a destination for watersport enthusiasts.
Eshowe
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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.
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KwaZulu-Natal
- Type: province of South Africa with 12,800,000 residents
- Description: province of South Africa
- Also known as: “KwaZulu-Natal Province”, “KwaZulu/Natal”, “KZN”, “province of KwaZulu-Natal”, “Province of KwaZulu/Natal”, “Province of Natal”, and “誇祖魯-納塔爾省”
- Neighbors: Eastern Cape, Free State, and Mpumalanga
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“KwaZulu-Natal” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “KwaZoeloe-Natal”
- Afrikaans: “KwaZulu-Natal provinsie”
- Afrikaans: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Arabic: “كوازولو ناتال”
- Armenian: “Կվազուլու-Նատալ”
- Asturian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Azerbaijani: “Kvazulu-Natal vilayəti”
- Basque: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Belarusian: “Квазулу-Натал”
- Belarusian: “Правінцыя Квазулу-Натал”
- Bengali: “কোয়া-জুলু নাটাল প্রদেশ”
- Breton: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Bulgarian: “Квазулу-Натал”
- Catalan: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Catalan: “Província de Natal”
- Cebuano: “Province of KwaZulu-Natal”
- Chinese: “KwaZulu-Natal Séng”
- Chinese: “夸祖卢-纳塔尔省”
- Chinese: “夸祖魯－納塔爾”
- Chinese: “夸祖魯-納塔爾省”
- Chinese: “夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省”
- Chuvash: “Квазулу-Натал”
- Croatian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Czech: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Danish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Dutch: “Kwa-Zulu Natal”
- Dutch: “KwaZoeloe-Natal”
- Dutch: “Kwazulu-Natal”
- Dutch: “KZN”
- Dutch: “Natalrepubliek”
- Dutch: “Zoeloeland”
- Esperanto: “Kvazulu-Natalo”
- Esperanto: “Kvazuluo-Natalo”
- Esperanto: “Kwazulu-Natal”
- Estonian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Estonian: “KwaZulu-Natali provints”
- Faroese: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Finnish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- French: “Côte du Natal”
- French: “KwaZulu-Natal Province”
- French: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- French: “KZN”
- Galician: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Georgian: “კვაზულუ-ნატალი”
- German: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- German: “Provinz Kwa-Zulu/Natal”
- Greek: “Κουαζούλου-Νατάλ”
- Greek: “Νατάλ”
- Gujarati: “ક્વાઝુલુ-નાતાલ”
- Hakka Chinese: “KwaZulu-Natal-sén”
- Hebrew: “פרובינציית קוואזולו נטאל”
- Hebrew: “קואזולו-נטאל”
- Hebrew: “קוואזולו-נאטאל”
- Hebrew: “קוואזולו-נטאל”
- Hindi: “क्वाज़ूलू-नताल प्रान्त”
- Hungarian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Indonesian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Irish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Italian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Italian: “Provincia di KwaZulu-Natal”
- Japanese: “クワズール・ナタール州”
- Japanese: “クワズールー・ナタール州”
- Japanese: “クワズルナタール州”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ವಾಝುಲು-ನಟಾಲ್”
- Korean: “콰줄루 나탈 주”
- Korean: “콰줄루나탈주”
- Korean: “크와줄루나탈 주”
- Latin: “KwaZulu et Terra Natalis”
- Latin: “Zuluvia-Nativitas”
- Latvian: “Kvazulu-Natāla”
- Latvian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Lithuanian: “Kvazulu-Natalis”
- Luxembourgish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Macedonian: “Квазулу-Натал”
- Macedonian: “Натал”
- Malagasy: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Malay: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Malayalam: “ക്വാസുളു-നറ്റാൽ”
- Marathi: “क्वाझुलु-नाताल”
- Marathi: “क्वाझुलु”
- Marathi: “क्वाझुलू-नताल”
- Marathi: “क्वाझुलू-नाताल”
- Marathi: “नाताल”
- Mazanderani: “کوازولو-ناتال اوستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “KwaZulu-Natal Séng”
- Northern Frisian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “IKwaZulu-Natali”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KwaZulu Natal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Norwegian: “IKwaZulu-Natali”
- Novial: “Kwazulu Natal”
- Novial: “Kwazulu-Natal”
- Nyanja: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Occitan (post 1500): “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Pedi: “KwaZulu Natala”
- Persian: “کوازولو-ناتال”
- Polish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Portuguese: “Cuazulo-Natal”
- Portuguese: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Portuguese: “KwaZulu/Natal”
- Portuguese: “KZN”
- Portuguese: “Província de KwaZulu-Natal”
- Romanian: “Kwazulu-Natal”
- Romanian: “Provincia KwaZulu-Natal”
- Russian: “Квазулу-Натал”
- Russian: “КваЗулу-Натал”
- Russian: “КваЗулу-Наталь”
- Russian: “Натал”
- Serbian: “Квазулу-Натал”
- Serbian: “Провинција КваЗулу-Натал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Shona: “KwaZulu-Natali”
- Sinhala: “ක්වාසුලු-නටාල් පළාත, දකුණු අප්රිකාව”
- Sinhala: “ක්වාසුලු-නටාල්”
- Slovak: “Kwa-Zulu Natal”
- Slovak: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Slovenian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Slovenian: “KZN”
- Slovenian: “provinca KwaZulu - Natal”
- Somali: “KwaZulu-Natal Province”
- South Ndebele: “iKwaZulu-Natal”
- Southern Sotho: “Hazolo-Natala”
- Southern Sotho: “Kwazulu-Natala”
- Spanish: “Imperio Zulu”
- Spanish: “Imperio Zulú”
- Spanish: “KwaZulu Natal”
- Spanish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Spanish: “KZN”
- Spanish: “Natal”
- Spanish: “Provincia de KwaZulu Natal”
- Spanish: “Provincia de KwaZulu-Natal”
- Spanish: “Zululand”
- Spanish: “Zululandia”
- Swahili: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Swahili: “KwaZulu/Natal”
- Swahili: “KZN”
- Swati: “KaZulu”
- Swati: “KwaZulu Natal”
- Swati: “KwaZulu-Natali”
- Swedish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Swedish: “KZN”
- Swedish: “Natal”
- Tajik: “Квазулу-Натал”
- Tamil: “கிவாஸுலு -நாட்டல்”
- Tamil: “குவாசுலு-நதால்”
- Telugu: “క్వాజులు-నేటల్”
- Thai: “ควาซูลู นาทาล”
- Tsonga: “Kwazulu-Natal”
- Tswana: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Turkish: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Ukrainian: “Квазулу-Наталь”
- Ukrainian: “Наталь”
- Urdu: “کوازولو ناتال”
- Urdu: “کوازولو نیٹل”
- Venda: “HaZulu-Natal”
- Venda: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Venetian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Vietnamese: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Volapük: “Suluvän-Nataliän”
- Waray (Philippines): “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Welsh: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Western Frisian: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Western Panjabi: “کوازولو نٹال”
- Wu Chinese: “夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省”
- Xhosa: “IPhondo yaKwaZulu-Natala”
- Xhosa: “KwaZulu-Natala”
- Yoruba: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Yue Chinese: “夸祖魯-納塔爾”
- Zulu: “IKwaZulu-Natali”
- Zulu: “Kwa-Zulu Natal”
- Zulu: “KwaZulu Natal”
- Zulu: “KwaZulu-Natal”
- Zulu: “KwaZulu-Natali”
- Zulu: “KwaZulu”
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