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Pinetown
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Pinetown is a city that forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, based just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The city is situated 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Durban and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Pietermaritzburg.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Pinetown
Settlement.settlement_type
City
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South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
KwaZulu-Natal
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
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Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
eThekwini
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Main Place
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Established
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Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
86.15
Settlement.population_total
144026
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Racial makeup (2011)

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Pinetown is a city that forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, based just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The city is situated 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Durban and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Pietermaritzburg.

Until December 2023, Pinetown (excl. New Germany) maintained a distinct vehicular identity through its "NPN” registration plate prefix, representing Natal Pinetown.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pinetown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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