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Verulam | |
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Coordinates: 29°39′S 31°03′E / 29.650°S 31.050°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Municipality | eThekwini |
Established | 1850[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 18.13 km2 (7.00 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 37,273 |
• Density | 2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 38.2% |
• Coloured | 1.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 59.1% |
• White | 0.3% |
• Other | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 62.2% |
• Zulu | 25.4% |
• Xhosa | 4.9% |
• S. Ndebele | 1.3% |
• Other | 6.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 4339 |
PO box | 4340 |
Area code | 032 |
Verulam (/vɛrləm/) is a town 24 kilometres north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, governing the Greater Durban metropolitan area.