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oThongathi
Tongaat | |
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 Aerial view of oThongathi | |
  oThongathi  oThongathi | |
| Coordinates: 29°34′00″S 31°07′00″E / 29.56667°S 31.11667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Municipality | eThekwini |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.72 km2 (4.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 42,554 |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 41.1% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 56.7% |
| • White | 0.4% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 59.3% |
| • Zulu | 32.3% |
| • Xhosa | 3.6% |
| • S. Ndebele | 1.0% |
| • Other | 3.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 4399 |
| PO box | 4400 |
| Area code | 032 |
oThongathi, previously and still commonly known as Tongaat, is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Durban and 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of KwaDukuza. It now forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, or the Greater Durban area. The area is home to the oldest Indian community in South Africa, having been where the first indentured Indian laborers settled in 1860 to work in the sugar-cane plantations.[2] Much of the architectural style in the town was the work of Ivan Mitford-Barberton,[3] and many buildings are in the Cape Dutch style of architecture.
Prior to 1 December 2023, vehicle registration plates in oThongathi started with NJ - N for Natal. It is still unknown exactly what the J stands for as this vehicle registration code also covered Verulam, Inanda and Ntuzuma.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Tongaat". Census 2011.
- ^ Watson 1960, p. 76, Ch 6.
- ^ Watson 1960, p. 200.