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KwaZulu-Natal (/ kwɑːˌzuːluː nəˈtɑːl /, also referred to as KZN; nicknamed "the garden province") [5] is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province. It is located in the southeast of the country, with a long shoreline on ...
The climate of South Africa is determined by South Africa 's situation between 22°S and 35°S, in the Southern Hemisphere 's subtropical zone, and its location between two oceans, Atlantic and the Indian. It has a greater variety of climates than most other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and it has lower average temperatures than other ...
The KwaZulu-Natal midlands can be hot and wet in summer, with average daily highs up to 30 °C, and average daily lows of 15 °C while winters are cool and dry, sometimes with snow and frost, with average daily high temperatures of 15 °C and daily lows of up to 0 °C.
Beaches of KwaZulu-Natal are of world-class quality. The warm coastal climate means that visitors are attracted to them all year round. Some of the visitors, however, come for the annual late-autumn or early-winter "sardine run" along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline, south of Durban.
The Drakensberg (Zulu: uKhahlamba, Sotho: Maloti, Afrikaans: Drakensberge) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – 2,000 to 3,482 metres (6,562 to 11,424 feet) within the border region of South Africa and Lesotho.
Durban (/ ˈdɜːrbən / DUR-bən; Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") [ a ] is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean, Durban is South Africa's busiest ...
2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods. In April 2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal in southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods. Particularly hard-hit were areas in and around Durban. At least 436 people died across the province, with an unknown number of people missing as of April 22. [2] Several thousand homes were damaged or destroyed.
1.5%. Time zone. UTC+2 (SAST) PO box. 3936. Area code. 035. St Lucia is a settlement in Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The small town is mainly a hub for the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.