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The modern city of Durban thus dates from 1824, when the settlement was established on the northern shores of the bay near today's Farewell Square. [18] During a meeting of 35 European residents in Fynn's territory on 23 June 1835, it was decided to build a capital town and name it "D'Urban" after Sir Benjamin D'Urban , who was the governor of ...
Indian workers begin to arrive in Durban. [4] 1863 - Population: approximately 5,000 (3,390 white, 1,380 black and 230 Asian). [6] 1865 - Sites for Albert Park and Victoria Park established. [7] 1866 - Durban High School was founded. 1870 - Durban Fire Department founded. [6] 1880 - Magazine Barracks built. 1882 - Durban High School for Girls ...
Durban City Hall is a historic city hall located at Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. History. The building was designed by architect Stanley G. Hudson and ...
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.
The Bluff promonotory is a remnant of an extensive coastal dune system that formed along the shoreline of KwaZulu-Natal between two and five million years ago. [2] It is situated just south of the Durban CBD and plays a key role in shielding the Port of Durban from the Indian Ocean, forming the port’s southern quayside.
Phoenix is a South African town about 25 kilometres (15 mi) northwest of Durban Central, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was established as a town by the apartheid government in 1976, but it has a long history of Indian occupation. It is associated with the Phoenix Settlement, built by Mahatma Gandhi. [2]
The bi-level was popular in the late 1950s and early to mid-1960s, but not in Willingboro, where only about 15 were built, according to a realtor who does business in Burlington County.
Durban Iconic Tower, was a proposed multi-billion Rand skyscraper in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [1]At 370 metres (1,210 ft), if built it would have been the second-tallest building in Africa, after the 394 m Iconic Tower, as well as the second-tallest in the Southern Hemisphere, after the 382,9 m Autograph Tower.