Key facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- King Cetshwayo
- Municipality
- uMhlathuze
- Total
- 142.78 km (55.13 sq mi)
- Density
- 401.93/km (1,041.0/sq mi)
- Black african
- 38.0%
- White
- 31.1%
- Indian asian
- 19.2%
- Coloured
- 8.2%
- Other
- 0.4%
- Zulu
- 38.6%
- English
- 33.8%
- Afrikaans
- 31.5%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( SAST )
- Area code
- 035
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- uMhlathuze Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 9
- Capital of
- uMhlathuze Local Municipality
- Image
- Richards Bay, South Africa.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035
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- inception
- 1879-01-01
- postal code
- 3900
- Commons category
- Richards Bay
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Richards Bay (Afrikaans: Richardsbaai) is a city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is situated on a 30-square-kilometre lagoon of the Mhlatuze River, which makes it one of the country's largest harbours. Richards Bay also has the deepest natural harbour on the African continent.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richards Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.