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26 June: Natal Railway (Market Square-Customs Point) begins operating in Durban. [1] Indian workers begin to arrive in Durban. [4] 1863 - Population: approximately 5,000 (3,390 white, 1,380 black and 230 Asian). [6] 1865 - Sites for Albert Park and Victoria Park established. [7] 1866 - Durban High School was founded.
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 ...
Google Street View coverage. The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver ...
History of South Africa. The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago. [ 1] In 1999, UNESCO designated the region the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site. [ 2] South Africa's first known inhabitants have been referred to as the Khoisan, the Khwe and the San.
6.3. 12 [ 2 ] The 1969 Tulbagh earthquake remains the most destructive earthquake in South African history. The earthquake occurred in the Tulbagh area and measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, stronger than that of the 1809 Cape Town earthquake which destroyed a local Milnerton farm. [ 3 ][ 4 ] 14 April 1970. Tulbagh - Ceres - Wolseley area.
Google can help. It just introduced the Mzansi Experience, a virtual visit to South Africa that uses Street View to give you a sense of the country's grandiose landscape. On top of seeing ...
The Oorlam people, led by Jonker Afrikaner, leave for south-west Africa. The missionary John Philip founds Philippolis, the first European settlement of the Transorangia. 1824. Founding of Port Natal, later called Durban. The Zulu king Shaka comes into contact with the white settlers.
Durban railway station is the central railway station in the city of Durban, South Africa, located between Umgeni Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue just to the north of the central business district. It is the terminus of Shosholoza Meyl long-distance services from Johannesburg and Cape Town, [1] and the hub of a network of Metrorail commuter ...