Natal (province)

Province of Natal
Natalprovinsie (Afrikaans)
Province of South Africa
1910–1994

Natal as it was by 1994
CapitalPietermaritzburg
DemonymNatalian
Area
 • Coordinates29°S 30°E / 29°S 30°E / -29; 30
Population 
• 1991
2,430,753
History
 • TypeNatal Provincial Council
History 
• Established
31 May 1910
• Disestablished
27 April 1994
Preceded by Succeeded by
Colony of Natal
KwaZulu-Natal

The Province of Natal (Afrikaans: Natalprovinsie), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organized into the bantustan of KwaZulu, which was progressively separated from the province, becoming partially autonomous in 1981. Of the white population, the majority were English-speaking people of British descent, causing Natal to become the only province to vote "No" to the creation of a republic in the referendum of 1960, due to very strong monarchist, pro-British Commonwealth, and anti-secessionist sentiment. In the latter part of the 1980s, Natal was in a state of violence between the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress, with violence subsiding soon after the first non-racial election in 1994.

In 1994, the KwaZulu bantustan was reincorporated into the territory of Natal and the province was redesignated as KwaZulu-Natal.

Districts in 1991

Districts of the province and population at the time of the 1991 census.

Administrators

See also


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