Durban

Durban (, from itheku meaning 'bay') is the lairgest ceety in the Sooth African province o KwaZulu-Natal an the third lairgest ceety in the kintra, formin pairt o the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous as the busiest port in Sooth Africae an is an' a' a major centre o tourism acause o the ceety's warm subtropical climate an extensive beaches. The municipality, which includes neighborin touns, haes a population o amaist 3.5 million,Statistics South Africa, Community Survey, 2007, Basic Results Municipalities (pdf-file)  Retrieved on 2008-03-23. makin the combined municipality the biggest ceety on the east coast o the African continent. The metro's land aurie o 2,292 square kilometers (884.9 sq mi) is comparatively lairger than ither Sooth African ceeties, resultin in a somewha lawer population density o 1,513 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,918.7/sq mi).Municipal Demarcation Board, South Africa  Retrieved on 2008-03-23.

 Internaitional relations 
 Twin touns — Sister ceeties 
Durban is twinned wi: eThekwini Online: The Official Site of the City of Durban

  Alexandria, Egyp
  Baku, Azerbaijan
  Chicago, Illinois, Unitir States
  Leeds, Unitit Kinrick,
  Rotterdam, Netherlands  Guangzhou, Cheenae
  Nantes, Fraunce
  Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
  Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Le Port, Reunion Island, Fraunce

  Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  New Orleans, Louisiana, Unitit States
  Oran, Algerie  Brisbane, Queensland, Australie
  Eilat, Israel
  Maracaibo, Venezuela
  Kaohsiung, Taiwan

References


Category:Ceeties in Sooth Africae
Category:EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Category:History o KwaZulu-Natal
Category:Indie Ocean
Category:Populatit places established in 1824
Category:Populatit places in KwaZulu-Natal
Category:Port ceeties in Sooth Africae
Category:Populatit coastal places in Sooth Africae