page_title: Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: The 110 meter tall N5 Blast Furnace at Arcelor Mittal Newcastle
context_page_description: Newcastle is the third-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with a population of 363,236 citizens as of the 2011 census. 56,144 of these citizens reside in Newcastle West, whilst the balance of the population reside in the main townships of Madadeni and Osizweni, which form Newcastle East.
  Set at the foothills of the northern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains, Newcastle is located in the north west corner of the province along the Ncandu River and is one of the country's main industrial centers.
  Newcastle's municipal area is 188 square kilometres, consists of 31 wards and a population growth rate of 0.87%, ranking Newcastle as South Africa's tenth-largest city.
  The N11 and R34 are the principal roads linking the city to the rest of South Africa.
  Newcastle is the seat of the local municipality as well as being the seat to the Amajuba District Municipality.
context_section_description: From the 1880s, Newcastle experienced constant economic growth. Today, Newcastle has the largest concentration of commerce & industry in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
  This city serves the surrounding towns of Utrecht, Vryheid, Dannhauser, Glencoe and Dundee, maize, livestock and dairy farmers and country at large with an extensive amount of resources, products and goods some of which are also for export.
caption: The 110 meter tall N5 Blast Furnace at Arcelor Mittal Newcastle
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