Pietermaritzburg | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-16

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Pietermaritzburg


00:01:09 1 History
00:02:52 1.1 Name
00:04:37 1.2 University
00:05:14 1.3 Other historical events
00:06:33 2 Capital status
00:08:17 3 Economy
00:09:13 4 Coat of arms
00:10:43 5 Transport
00:10:52 5.1 Road
00:11:37 5.2 Air
00:11:57 5.3 Rail
00:12:20 5.4 Bus
00:12:51 5.5 Taxis
00:13:33 5.6 Integrated Rapid Public Transport (IRPT)
00:14:00 6 Geography
00:14:09 6.1 Climate
00:14:33 7 Sport
00:18:34 8 Tourism
00:19:05 9 Education
00:19:14 9.1 Schools
00:21:29 9.2 Tertiary institutions
00:22:02 10 Civil society
00:22:26 11 Notable residents
00:26:43 12 Various
00:27:17 13 Twin Towns and Sister Cities
00:27:27 14 See also
00:27:39 15 Notes
00:27:47 16 Bibliography
00:27:57 17 External links



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Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu is the name used for the district municipality. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in English and Zulu alike, and often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.  The public sector is a major employer in the city due to the local, district and provincial governments being located here.  It is home to many schools and tertiary education institutions, including a campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.  It had a population of 228,549 in 1991; the current population is estimated at over 600,000 residents (including neighbouring townships) and has one of the largest populations of Indian South Africans in South Africa.