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history of durban
Portuguese navigators first visited Durban on Christmas Day 1497, where they named it
Rio de Natal. The bay was favoured as a site for European development in 1823, after a trader
named Henry Fynn and his party arrived. This small bush settlement grew into a town, which
was named 12 years later after Cape Colony Governor Sir Benjamin D'Urban.
With a lack of British support, the town grew slowly and became a sanctuary for war veterans
and renegades. Kingdom of Amazulu, was settled in Durban from central Africa.
The British brought thousands of labourers from India and Asian countries. Today's Greater
Durban Metropolitan is a place of more than 3 million people with many cultures.

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kwazulu-natal the holiday coast
Durban is the principal town of this province and also the busiest and biggest port of this continent.
Places like Zululand, Pietermaritzburg, South Coast, etc. is situated in Kwazulu-Natal and are 
devided into 4 areas, namely Holiday Coast, Midlands, Berg-Bush & Battlefields and Zululand.

holiday coast
This area stretches from the Tugela river north of Durban to the resort town of Port Edward on the
Natal/Eastern Cape border. This is a sun-worshippers paradise.

midlands
Stretching from the Southern Drakensberg slopes in the west to the grasslands around Pietermaritzburg,
the provincial capital in the east. This is a very popular place for visitors and takes you through the 
towns and villages from Mooiriver to Hilton.

berg-bush & battlefields
The Natal Battlefields Route takes visitors through the land of Zulu cultural villages, British Blockhouses
and wagon laagers of days gone past in battle. The route takes the visitor from Ladysmith to Colenso to
Escort.

zululand
Amazulu, named after an early chief named Zulu (heaven) settled here. Kwazulu means "the place of
the Zulu." The emerald hills of Zululand is covered in sugar cane plantations. 
 


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