Pinetown
Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the town in South Africa. For the unincorporated place in Delaware, see Pinetown, Delaware. For the community in North Carolina, see Pinetown, North Carolina.
Pinetown is a city that forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, based just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town is situated 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Durban and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Pietermaritzburg.
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Pinetown | |
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Coordinates: 29°49′S 30°51′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Municipality | eThekwini |
Established | 1849; 175 years ago (1849)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 86.15 km2 (33.26 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 144,026 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 67.8% |
• Coloured | 4.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 9.3% |
• White | 18.0% |
• Other | 0.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 55.4% |
• English | 31.4% |
• Afrikaans | 3.8% |
• Xhosa | 3.3% |
• Other | 6.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 3610 |
PO box | 3600 |
Area code | 031 |
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Prior to 1 December 2023, vehicle registrations plates in Pinetown started with NPN - N for Natal, PN for Pinetown.