Durban
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Durban
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City | |||
Clockwise from top left: Durban beachfront (Golden Mile), uShaka Marine World, Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre and Durban City Hall | |||
Coordinates: 29°53′S 31°03′E | |||
Country | South Africa | ||
Province | KwaZulu-Natal | ||
Municipality | eThekwini | ||
Established | 1824[1] | ||
Named for | Benjamin D'Urban | ||
Government | |||
• Type | Metropolitan municipality | ||
• Mayor | Mxolisi Kaunda (Tempolete:Polparty) | ||
Area | |||
• City | 225.91 km2 (87.22 sq mi) | ||
• Metro | 2,292 km2 (885 sq mi) | ||
Palo batho (2018)[2] | |||
• City | 3,442,361 | ||
• Density | 15,000/km2 (39,000/sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 595,061 | ||
Demonym(s) | Durbanite[3] | ||
Racial makeup (2011) | |||
• Black African | 51.1% | ||
• Coloured | 8.6% | ||
• Indian/Asian | 24.0% | ||
• White | 15.3% | ||
• Other | 0.9% | ||
First languages (2011) | |||
• English | 49.8% | ||
• Zulu | 33.1% | ||
• Xhosa | 5.9% | ||
• Afrikaans | 3.6% | ||
• Other | 7.6% | ||
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) | ||
Postal code (street) | 4001 | ||
PO box | 4000 | ||
Area code | 031 | ||
GDP | US$ 83,9 billion[4] | ||
GDP per capita | US$ 15Tempolete:Thin space575[4] | ||
Website | www |
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- Tempolete:Cite thesis
- "Main Place Durban". Census 2011.
- Donal P. McCracken; Eileen M. McCracken (1988). Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens. National Botanic Gardens. p. 72. ISBN 9780620116480.
- "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.