Natal Province
Province of Natal Provinsie van Natal | |
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Population | |
• 1991 | 2,430,753[1] |
History | |
• Origin | Colony of Natal |
• Created | 31 May 1910 |
• Abolished | 27 April 1994 |
• Succeeded by | KwaZulu-Natal |
Status | Province of South Africa |
Government | |
• HQ | Pietermaritzburg |
Subdivisions | |
• Type | Districts |
The Province of Natal (Afrikaans: Provinsie Natal), commonly called the Natal Province, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. The Natal Province included the bantustan of KwaZulu. The majority of the white population were English-speaking, causing Natal to become the only province to vote "no" to the creation of a republic in the referendum of 1960.[2] In the latter part of the 1980s, Natal was in a state of violence that only ended with the first multiracial elections in 1994.[3]
In 1994, the KwaZulu bantustan was reincorporated into the the territory of Natal and the province redesignated KwaZulu-Natal.
Districts in 1991
Districts of the province and population at the time of the 1991 census.[1]
- Mount Currie (main town Kokstad): 41,564
- Alfred (main town Harding): 8,794
- Port Shepstone: 67,239
- Umzinto: 46,919
- Ixopo: 22,626
- Polela: 4,364
- Underberg: 9,584
- Impendle: 2,815
- Richmond: 23,476
- Camperdown: 36,315
- Pietermaritzburg: 228,549
- Lions River: 43,060
- New Hanover: 38,207
- Mooirivier: 25,061
- Estcourt: 49,493
- Weenen: 12,485
- Bergville: 22,552
- Umvoti: 41,160
- Kranskop: 7,565
- Durban: 473,826
- Inanda (main town Verulam): 299,379
- Pinetown: 184,216
- Chatsworth: 179,957
- Kliprivier: 64,782
- Glencoe: 17,265
- Dundee: 31,613
- Dannhauser: 14,154
- Newcastle: 53,584
- Utrecht: 27,798
- Paulpietersburg: 21,072
- Vryheid: 85,518
- Ngotshe: 26,382
- Lower Tugela (main town Stanger): 96,702
- Mtunzini: 18,455
- Eshowe: 13,355
- Mtonjaneni (main town Melmoth): 10,577
- Babanango: 3,069
- Lower Umfolozi: 56,082
- Hlabisa: 18,211
- Ubombo: 2,929
Administrators of the Natal Province (1910–1994)
Term | Incumbent | Notes |
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May 1910 to January 1918 | Charles John Smythe | |
February 1918 to January 1928 | George Thomas Plowman | |
February 1928 to January 1943 | Herbert Gordon Watson | |
February 1943 to November 1944 | George Heaton Nicholls | |
November 1944 to February 1948 | Douglas Edgar Mitchell | |
February 1948 to May 1958 | Denis Gem Shepstone | |
June 1958 to November 1961 | Alfred Ernest Trollip | |
November 1961 to August 1970 | Theodor Johannes Adolph Gerdener | |
August 1970 to June 1979 | Wynand Wilhelm Benjamin Havemann | |
June 1979 to August 1979 | Frank Martin | 1st time, acting |
August 1979 to September 1984 | Jan Christoffel "Stoffel" Greyling Botha | |
September 1984 to November 1984 | Frank Martin | 2nd time, acting |
November 1984 to April 1990 | Radclyffe Cadman | |
April 1990 to 7 May 1994 | Cornelius Johannes van Rooyen Botha | |
See also
- Coat of arms of Natal
- Mtetwa Empire (c. 1750–1817)
- Zululand (1816–1897)
- Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
- Colony of Natal (1843–1910)
- KwaZulu-Natal (1994–)
References
- 1 2 "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa - Nesstar WebView. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ Ingalls, Leonard (11 May 1961). "Resentment Grows in Natal". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ↑ Wren, Christopher S. (19 October 1990). "De Klerk Lifts Emergency Rule in Natal Province". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
Wikisource has the text of the 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica article Natal. |
Coordinates: 29°S 30°E / 29°S 30°E