KwaZulu-Natal
King Cetshwayo District Municipality
UMhlathuze Local Municipality

Richards Bay

Richards Bay is a city of 57,000 people in . 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.
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Richards Bay

Latitude
-28.7708° or 28° 46′ 15″ south
Longitude
32.0578° or 32° 3′ 28″ east
Population
57,400
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
IATA airport code
RCB
United Nations Location Code
ZA RCB
Open location code
5G3J63H5+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30225789
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
962367
Wiki­data ID
Q1471757
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Richards Bay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Richardsbaai”
  • Arabic: “ريتشاردز باي”
  • Asturian: “Richards Bay”
  • Bengali: “রিচার্ডস বে”
  • Cebuano: “Richards Bay”
  • Chinese: “理查兹湾”
  • Chinese: “理查兹贝”
  • Chinese: “理查茲灣”
  • Chinese: “理查茲貝”
  • Danish: “Richards Bay”
  • Dutch: “Richardsbaai”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريتشاردز باى”
  • Esperanto: “Richards Bay”
  • Estonian: “Richards Bay”
  • Finnish: “Richards Bay”
  • French: “Richards Bay”
  • German: “Richards Bay”
  • Greek: “Ρίτσαρντς Μπέι”
  • Greek: “Ρίτσαρντς Μπέυ”
  • Gujarati: “રિચર્ડ્સ બે”
  • Hindi: “रिचर्ड्स बे”
  • Indonesian: “Richards Bay”
  • Italian: “Richards Bay”
  • Japanese: “リチャーズ・ベイ”
  • Kannada: “ರಿಚರ್ಡ್ಸ್ ಬೇ”
  • Korean: “리차드 베이”
  • Latin: “Ricardusbaia”
  • Latvian: “Ričardsbeja”
  • Lithuanian: “Ričards Bei”
  • Malagasy: “Richards Bay”
  • Malay: “Richards Bay”
  • Marathi: “रिचर्ड्स बे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Richards Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Richards Bay”
  • Pedi: “Richards Bay”
  • Polish: “Richards Bay”
  • Romanian: “Richardsbaai”
  • Russian: “Ричардс-Бей”
  • Serbian: “Ричардс Беј”
  • Shona: “Richards Bay”
  • Sinhala: “රිචර්ඩ්ස් බේ”
  • Spanish: “Richards Bay”
  • Swahili: “Richards Bay”
  • Swedish: “Richard’s Bay”
  • Swedish: “Richards Bay”
  • Tamil: “ரிக் ஹாட்ஸ் பே”
  • Telugu: “రిచర్డ్స్ బే”
  • Thai: “ริชาร์ด เบย์”
  • Turkish: “Richards Bay”
  • Ukrainian: “Ричардс-Бей”
  • Urdu: “رچرڈز بے”
  • Vietnamese: “Richards Bay”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Richards”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Richards Bay”
  • Zulu: “Echwebeni/Mandlazini/KwaBhuquza”
  • Zulu: “IRichards Bay”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Richards Bay”. Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.