Tongaat
Sign in to saveoThongathi, previously and still commonly known as Tongaat, is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about north of Durban and south of KwaDukuza. It now forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, or the Greater Durban area. The area is home to the oldest Indian community in South Africa, having been where the first indentured Indian laborers settled in 1860 to work in the sugar-cane plantations. Much of the architectural style in the town was the work of Ivan Mitford-Barberton, and many buildings are in the Cape Dutch style of architecture.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- oThongathi
- Settlement.other_name
- Tongaat
- Settlement.image_skyline
- OThongathi.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of oThongathi
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- eThekwini
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11.72
- Settlement.population_total
- 42554
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- 2011-02-09 16-05-10 South Africa - Tongaat.JPG
- Dialing code
- 032
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- postal code
- 4400
- inception
- 1945-01-01
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- Municipal re-demarcation
- Name change
- Geography
- Suburban areas
- Economy
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- Retail
- Culture & Religion
- Infrastructure
- Healthcare
- Private healthcare
- Public healthcare
- Transport
- Air
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- Roads
- Tolling
- Water crisis
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oThongathi, previously and still commonly known as Tongaat, is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about north of Durban and south of KwaDukuza. It now forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, or the Greater Durban area. The area is home to the oldest Indian community in South Africa, having been where the first indentured Indian laborers settled in 1860 to work in the sugar-cane plantations. Much of the architectural style in the town was the work of Ivan Mitford-Barberton, and many buildings are in the Cape Dutch style of architecture.
Prior to 1 December 2023, vehicle registration plates in oThongathi started with NJ - N for Natal. It is still unknown exactly what the J stands for as this vehicle registration code also covered Verulam, Inanda and Ntuzuma.
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