Durban
Durban eThekwini(in Zulu) | ||||||
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Clockwise frae tap left: Durban CBD, Ushaka Marine Warld,Suncoast Casino an Entertainment Warld,Moses Mabhida Stadium,Inkosi Albert Luthuli Internaitional Convention Centrean Durban Ceety Haw. | ||||||
| Coordinates:29°53′S31°03′E/ 29.883°S 31.050°ECoordinates:29°53′S31°03′E/ 29.883°S 31.050°E | ||||||
| Area | ||||||
| • City | 225.91 km2(87.22 sq mi) | |||||
| • Metro | 2292 km2(885 sq mi) | |||||
| Population (2018)[1] | ||||||
| • City | 3,720,953 | |||||
| • Density | 16,000/km2(43,000/sq mi) | |||||
| •Metro | 3,442,361 | |||||
| • Metro density | 1,500/km2(3,900/sq mi) | |||||
| Demonym(s) | Durbanite[3] | |||||
| Area code(s) | 031 | |||||
| GDP | US$48.9 billion[4] | |||||
| GDP per capita | US$12,884[4] | |||||
| Website | durban.gov.za | |||||
Durban(Zulu:eThekwini,fromithekumeaning 'bay') is the lairgest ceety in theSooth Africanprovince oKwaZulu-Natalan the third lairgest ceety in the kintra, formin pairt o theeThekwinimetropolitan municipality.Durban is famous as the busiestportin Sooth Africae an is an' a' a major centre otourismacause o the ceety's warmsubtropicalclimate an extensivebeaches.The municipality, which includes neighborin touns, haes a population o amaist 3.5 million,[6]makin the combined municipality the biggest ceety on the east coast o theAfrican continent.The metro's land aurie o 2,292 square kilometers (884.9 sq mi) is comparatively lairger than ither Sooth African ceeties, resultin in a somewha lawer population density o 1,513 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,918.7/sq mi).[7]
Internaitional relations
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References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑ab"Main Place Durban".Census 2011.
- ↑"Ethekwini".Statistics South Africa.Retrieved17 Februar2018.
- ↑Donal P. McCracken; Eileen M. McCracken.Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens.National Botanic Gardens. p. 72.
- ↑ab"Global city GDP 2014".Brookings Institution. Archived fraethe originalon 6 Januar 2013.Retrieved18 November2014.
- ↑"Chronological order of town establishment in South Africa based on Floyd (1960:20-26)"(PDF).pp. xlv–lii. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 13 Julie 2019.Retrieved29 Mairch2015.
- ↑Statistics South Africa, Community Survey, 2007, Basic Results Municipalities (pdf-file)Archived2013-08-25 at theWayback MachineRetrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ↑Municipal Demarcation Board, South AfricaArchived2009-04-26 at theWayback MachineRetrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ↑"Sister Cities Home Page".Archived fraethe originalon 11 October 2012.Retrieved23 Februar2011.eThekwini Online: The Official Site of the City of Durban
- ↑"Sister Cities of Guangzhou".Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Archived fraethe originalon 20 October 2011.Retrieved10 Februar2010.
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