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Within Vinony's link graph, Richards Bay is referenced by 228 other articles, and connects out to Afrikaans, Coloured and uMhlathuze Local Municipality.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA.
It sits within the topics Lagoons of South Africa, Populated coastal places in South Africa and Populated places in the uMhlathuze Local Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- King Cetshwayo
- Municipality
- uMhlathuze
- Total
- 142.78 km (55.13 sq mi)
- Density
- 401.93/km (1,041.0/sq mi)
- Black african
- 38.0%
- White
- 31.1%
- Indian asian
- 19.2%
- Coloured
- 8.2%
- Other
- 0.4%
- Zulu
- 38.6%
- English
- 33.8%
- Afrikaans
- 31.5%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( SAST )
- Area code
- 035
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- uMhlathuze Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 9
- Capital of
- uMhlathuze Local Municipality
- Image
- Richards Bay, South Africa.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035
Show 3 more facts
- inception
- 1879-01-01
- postal code
- 3900
- Commons category
- Richards Bay
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Encyclopedic overview
Richards Bay (Afrikaans: Richardsbaai) is a city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is situated on a 30-square-kilometre lagoon of the Mhlatuze River, which makes it one of the country's largest harbours. Richards Bay also has the deepest natural harbour on the African continent.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richards Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.