Estcourt
Sign in to saveEstcourt ( ) is a town in the uThukela District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The main economic activity is farming with large bacon and processed food factories situated around the town. The N3 freeway passes close to the town, linking it to the rest of South Africa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Estcourt
- Settlement.native_name
- Umtshezi
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Station Estcourt.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Estcourt railway station
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Uthukela
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Inkosi Langalibalele
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1848
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 60.74
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Umtshezi Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1196
- Capital of
- Umtshezi Local Municipality
- Image
- Station Estcourt.JPG
- Dialing code
- 036
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- Commons category
- Estcourt
- inception
- 1848-01-01
- postal code
- 3310
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Location
- 19th century
- The first settlers
- The Byrne settlers and the name "Estcourt"
- The settlement grows
- Second Boer War
- 20th century
- Municipal development
- Industrial development
- Education
- Today
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Estcourt ( ) is a town in the uThukela District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The main economic activity is farming with large bacon and processed food factories situated around the town. The N3 freeway passes close to the town, linking it to the rest of South Africa.
==Location== Estcourt is located at the confluence of the Bushmans and the Little Bushmans River. It is also on the main Durban - Johannesburg railway line some 160 km north of Durban and 25 km south of the Tugela River crossing. In earlier years the main road, later to become the N3, passed through the town. The town itself is 1196 m above sea level and lies in the hilly country that dominates most of the Natal Midlands. The Drakensberg lies some 41 km to the west of the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Estcourt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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