Ridgeview
Ridgeview is a residential area in central Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Ridgeview, Durban”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellair and Westville Prison.
Bellair
Railway station
Photo: MengaZa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellair is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Ridgeview.
Westville Prison
Prison
Westville Prison is located on the outskirts of Westville, a town inland of Durban. It is one of the largest prisons in South Africa and the only prison located in the Durban area. As of 2005, there were 40,000 inmates at Westville Prison. Westville Prison is situated 2½ km northwest of Ridgeview.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cato Manor and UMkumbaan.
Cato Manor
Suburb
Cato Manor is a settlement located 7 kilometres from the city centre of Durban, South Africa. It was formed when Indian market gardeners came to settle in the area some time after it was given to George Christopher Cato in 1865, who was the first mayor of Durban in 1854.
Queensburgh
Town
Queensburgh is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated inland from Durban and now forms part of eThekwini, the Greater Durban metropolitan area.
Ridgeview
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.87028° or 29° 52′ 13″ southLongitude
30.93889° or 30° 56′ 20″ eastOpen location code
5G2G4WHQ+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 262715301OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q31747362
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Ridgeview” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ridgeview, Durban”
- Turkish: “Ridgeview”
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