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| ⚫ | '''Camperdown''' is a settlement in [[Umgungundlovu District Municipality]] in the [[KwaZulu-Natal]] province of [[South Africa]]. The town is located approximately 60km by road north-west of [[Durban]] and lies 20km south-east of [[Pietermaritzburg]]. It was laid out in 1865 on the farm Camperdown, which was named to commemorate the victory of the British navy under Admiral [[Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan|Adam Duncan]] over the Dutch fleet under Admiral [[Jan Willem de Winter]] in October 1797.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=105}}</ref> |
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'''Camperdown''' is a settlement in [[Umgungundlovu District Municipality]] in the [[KwaZulu-Natal]] province of [[South Africa]]. Town |
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Revision as of 12:13, 31 August 2021
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| Coordinates: 29°44′S 30°32′E / 29.733°S 30.533°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | UMgungundlovu |
| Municipality | Mkhambathini |
| Established | 1865 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.20 km2 (2.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,101 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 51.4% |
| • Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 19.1% |
| • White | 26.4% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 45.5% |
| • Zulu | 38.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 6.2% |
| • Sotho | 3.5% |
| • Other | 5.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 3720 |
| Area code | 031 |
Camperdown is a settlement in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The town is located approximately 60km by road north-west of Durban and lies 20km south-east of Pietermaritzburg. It was laid out in 1865 on the farm Camperdown, which was named to commemorate the victory of the British navy under Admiral Adam Duncan over the Dutch fleet under Admiral Jan Willem de Winter in October 1797.[2]
Economy
In the early 1840s, John Vanderplank's ship, the Louisa, arrived in Durban. The ship was named after his fiancée who refused to leave England to live as a married couple in Tasmania. He planted black wattle as a windbreak but they flourished to the point where they were trees rather than shrubs. After the discovery of tannic acid for use in the tanning industry, the wattle industry grew. Wattle wood was also later found suitable for pulp and paper manufacturing.
Sources
- Erasmus, B.P.J. (1995). Op Pad in Suid-Afrika. Jonathan Ball Uitgewers. ISBN 1-86842-026-4.
- Rosenthal, Eric (1967). Ensiklopedie van Suidelike Afrika.
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Camperdown". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 105.
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Municipalities and communities of uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal | ||
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District seat: Pietermaritzburg | ||
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| uMngeni | ||
| Mpofana | ||
| Impendle | ||
| Msunduzi | ||
| Mkhambathini | ||
| Richmond | ||
