Colony of Natal
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was formed on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the independent 1839 Boer Republic of Natalia. In the 1860s many workers from British India came to live in Natal. On 31 May 1910, it unified with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa. It now forms the larger province of KwaZulu-Natal of the Republic of South Africa.
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| 1843–1910 | |||||||||||
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| Status | British colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Pietermaritzburg | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Afrikaans, English, Zulu | ||||||||||
| Religion | Anglican, Dutch Reformed, Hindu, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic | ||||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||
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• 1843 | Henry Cloete | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Scramble for Africa | ||||||||||
• | 4 May 1843 | ||||||||||
• Annexed Zululand | 1897 | ||||||||||
• | 1910 | ||||||||||
• Natal Province est. | 31 May 1910 | ||||||||||
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| 1904[1] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1904[1] | 1108754 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  South Africa | ||||||||||
Colony Of Natal Media
Detail of a painting depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War 11 January – 4 July 1879
References
- ↑ "Census of the British empire. 1901". Openlibrary.org. 1906. p. 161. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
