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 Centre an Durban Ceety Haw. | ||||||
| Coordinates: 29°53′S 31°03′E / 29.883°S 31.050°ECoordinates: 29°53′S 31°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 | www.durban.gov.za | |||||
Durban (Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning 'bay') is the lairgest ceety in the Sooth African province o KwaZulu-Natal an the third lairgest ceety in the kintra, formin pairt o the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous as the busiest port in Sooth Africae an is an' a' a major centre o tourism acause o the ceety's warm subtropical climate an extensive beaches. 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 the African 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]- ↑ a b "Main Place Durban". Census 2011.
- ↑ "Ethekwini". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 17 Februar 2018.
- ↑ Donal P. McCracken; Eileen M. McCracken. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens. National Botanic Gardens. p. 72.
- ↑ a b "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Archived frae the original on 6 Januar 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Chronological order of town establishment in South Africa based on Floyd (1960:20-26)" (PDF). pp. xlv–lii. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 Julie 2019. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2015.
- ↑ Statistics South Africa, Community Survey, 2007, Basic Results Municipalities (pdf-file) Archived 2013-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Municipal Demarcation Board, South Africa Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ↑ "Sister Cities Home Page". Archived frae the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 23 Februar 2011. eThekwini Online: The Official Site of the City of Durban
- ↑ "Sister Cities of Guangzhou". Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 10 Februar 2010.
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