Natal (province) explained

Conventional Long Name:	Province of Natal
Common Name:	Natal
Subdivision:	Province
Nation:	South Africa
P1:	Colony of Natal
Flag P1:	Flag of the Natal Colony (1875–1910).svg
S1:	KwaZulu-Natal
Flag S1:	Flag of the KwaZulu-Natal Province.png
Image Map Caption:	Natal as it was by 1994
Capital:	Pietermaritzburg
Government Type:	Natal Provincial Council
Date Start:	31 May
Year Start:	1910
Date End:	27 April
Year End:	1994
Stat Year1:	1991
Stat Pop1:	2,430,753
Demonym:	Natalian

The Province of Natal, commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organized into the bantustan of KwaZulu, which was progressively separated from the province, becoming partially autonomous in 1981. Of the white population, the majority were English-speaking people of British descent, causing Natal to become the only province to vote "No" to the creation of a republic in the referendum of 1960, due to very strong monarchist, pro-British Commonwealth, and anti-secessionist sentiment.^[1] In the latter part of the 1980s, Natal was in a state of violence between the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress, with violence subsiding soon after the first non-racial election in 1994.^{[2] [3]}

In 1994, the KwaZulu bantustan was reincorporated into the territory of Natal and the province was redesignated as KwaZulu-Natal.

Districts in 1991

Districts of the province and population at the time of the 1991 census.^[4]

• Mount Currie (main town Kokstad): 41,564
• Alfred (main town Harding): 8,794
• Port Shepstone: 67,239
• Umzinto: 46,919
• Ixopo: 22,626
• Polela: 4,364
• Underberg: 9,584
• Impendle: 2,815
• Richmond: 23,476
• Camperdown: 36,315
• Pietermaritzburg: 228,549
• Lions River: 43,060
• New Hanover: 38,207
• Mooirivier: 25,061
• Estcourt: 49,493
• Weenen: 12,485
• Bergville: 22,552
• Umvoti (main town Greytown): 41,160
• Kranskop: 7,565
• Durban: 473,826
• Inanda (main town Verulam): 299,379
• Pinetown: 184,216
• Chatsworth: 179,957
• Kliprivier: 64,782
• Glencoe: 17,265
• Dundee: 31,613
• Dannhauser: 14,154
• Newcastle: 53,584
• Utrecht: 27,798
• Paulpietersburg: 21,072
• Vryheid: 85,518
• Ngotshe: 26,382
• Lower Tugela (main town Stanger): 96,702
• Mtunzini: 18,455
• Eshowe: 13,355
• Mtonjaneni (main town Melmoth): 10,577
• Babanango: 3,069
• Lower Umfolozi (main town Empangeni): 56,082
• Hlabisa: 18,211
• Ubombo (main town Jozini): 2,929

See also

• Coat of arms of Natal
• Mtetwa Empire (c. 1750–1817)
• Zululand (1816–1897)
• Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
• Colony of Natal (1843–1910)
• KwaZulu-Natal (1994–)

External links

• Natal . 19 . Hillier . Alfred Peter . Alfred Peter Hillier . Cana . Frank Richardson . 252 - 265 . 1.
• Natal . 31 . 1058 - 1059 . Frank Richardson . Cana . 1.

Notes and References

1. News: Ingalls . Leonard . Resentment Grows in Natal . . 11 May 1961 . 2012-07-25.
2. News: Wren . Christopher S. . De Klerk Lifts Emergency Rule in Natal Province . . 19 October 1990 . 2012-07-25.
3. Taylor, Rupert. "Justice denied: political violence in Kwazulu‐Natal after 1994." African Affairs 101, no. 405 (2002): 473-508.
4. Web site: Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code. Statistics South Africa - Nesstar WebView. 18 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160619202856/http://interactive.statssa.gov.za:8282/webview/. 19 June 2016. dead.