Natal Province
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| Province of Natal Provinsie Natal |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Province of South Africa |
| HQ | Pietermaritzburg |
| History | |
| Origin | Colony of Natal |
| Created | 31 May 1910 |
| Abolished | 27 April 1994 |
| Succeeded by | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Politics | |
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| Governance | Natal Provincial Council |
| Subdivisions | |
| Type | Districts |
Natal (meaning Christmas in Portuguese) was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. The Natal Province included the bantustan of KwaZulu. With an English-speaking majority, Natal became the only province to vote "no" to the creation of a republic in the referendum of 1960.[1] In the latter part of the 1980s, Natal was in a state of violence that only ended with the first democratic elections in 1994.[2]
In 1994, the territory of Natal was redesignated into KwaZulu-Natal following re-incorporation of the KwaZulu bantustan.
[edit] See also
- Mtetwa Empire (c. 1750–1817)
- Zululand (1816–1897)
- Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
- Colony of Natal (1843–1910)
- KwaZulu-Natal (1994— )
[edit] References
- ^ http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D1FFF3B5912738DDDA80994DD405B818AF1D3
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/19/world/de-klerk-lifts-emergency-rule-in-natal-province.html
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