Winklespruit
Sign in to saveWinklespruit is a small seaside resort on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and now forms part of the coastal town of Kingsburgh and the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the Greater Durban metropolitan area.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1875 establishments in South Africa, Populated coastal places in South Africa and Populated places established in 1875.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
- Area
- 2.03
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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- postal code
- 4145
- Commons category
- Winklespruit
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Winklespruit is a small seaside resort on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and now forms part of the coastal town of Kingsburgh and the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the Greater Durban metropolitan area.
== History == On 10 May 1875 the schooner Tonga which was carrying wares for Durban was wrecked here. The sailors not wanting the cargo to go to waste set up a store on the river bank and sold the water damaged goods. The store was known by the Afrikaans as winkel (shop).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winklespruit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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