Natal

E15763
historical region

Natal is a historical region in southeastern South Africa, centered on the port city of Durban and known for its colonial history and diverse cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Natal canonical 40
Natal Trek 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
annexedBy British Empire ⓘ
annexedFrom Boer Republic of Natalia ⓘ
borderedBy Indian Ocean ⓘ
colonizedBy Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Boers

British Empire ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
economyBasedOn manufacturing ⓘ
port trade ⓘ
sugarcane agriculture ⓘ
establishedAsColony 1843 ⓘ
formedProvince Natal Province ⓘ
hasCenter Durban ⓘ
hasClimate subtropical ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Afrikaners ⓘ
English-speaking South Africans ⓘ
Indians in South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Indian South Africans

Zulu people ⓘ
hasFormerNameOfRegion KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
hasImportantPort Port of Durban ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage English ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasMountainRange Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Drakensberg
hasPortCity Durban ⓘ
hasRiver Tugela River ⓘ
Umgeni River ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction beaches ⓘ
game reserves ⓘ
historicalCapital Pietermaritzburg ⓘ
inhabitedBy Zulu people ⓘ
knownFor colonial history ⓘ
diverse cultural heritage ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern South Africa ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Indian Ocean ⓘ
majorCity Durban ⓘ
Pietermaritzburg ⓘ
mergedWith KwaZulu homeland ⓘ
surface form: Zululand
participatedIn Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
partOf KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion British South Africa ⓘ
predecessorEntity Natalia Republic ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Natalia
provinceExistedFrom 1910 ⓘ
provinceExistedUntil 1994 ⓘ
succeededBy KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
surface form: KwaZulu-Natal Province
was British colony ⓘ
province of South Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afrikaners → historicalRegion → Natal ⓘ
Great Trek → hasPart → Natal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Natal Trek
Natal Indian Congress → location → Natal ⓘ
Natal Colony → namedAfter → Natal ⓘ
Indians in South Africa → primaryDestinationRegion → Natal ⓘ
Boer Wars → theatreOfWar → Natal ⓘ
Manilal Gandhi → placeOfDeath → Natal ⓘ
Manilal Gandhi → workLocation → Natal ⓘ
Piet Retief → historicalRegion → Natal ⓘ
Andries Pretorius → residence → Natal ⓘ
Transvaal Trek → relatedTo → Natal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Natal Trek
Murder of Piet Retief → historicalRegion → Natal ⓘ
Richmond, Natal → historicalRegion → Natal ⓘ
Boer forces → activeIn → Natal ⓘ
Natalia Republic → namedAfter → Natal ⓘ
M. D. Naidoo → placeOfActivity → Natal ⓘ
Sharks (rugby union) → previousName → Natal ⓘ
Battle of Rorke's Drift → location → Natal ⓘ
Natal Province → partOfHistoricalRegion → Natal ⓘ
Boer Republic of Natalia → namedAfter → Natal ⓘ
Boer Republic of Natalia → historicalRegion → Natal ⓘ
Natal pound → countryOrRegionUsed → Natal ⓘ
Natal pound → namedAfter → Natal ⓘ
Voortrekkers → migratedTo → Natal ⓘ
Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act → region → Natal ⓘ
SAIC → regionOfActivity → Natal ⓘ
subject surface form: South African Indian Congress
Battle of Italeni → locatedIn → Natal ⓘ
Natal colonial forces → location → Natal ⓘ
Natal Native Contingent → location → Natal ⓘ
Pretorius family → region → Natal ⓘ
Sir Theophilus Shepstone → residence → Natal ⓘ
Sir Theophilus Shepstone → areaOfInfluence → Natal ⓘ
Battle of Ladysmith → location → Natal ⓘ
Indian indenture system → mainDestination → Natal ⓘ
Battle of Spion Kop → warTheater → Natal ⓘ
Zulu → setIn → Natal ⓘ
Battle of Colenso → location → Natal ⓘ
Laing's Nek → connects → Natal ⓘ
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley → residence → Natal ⓘ
subject surface form: George Pomeroy Colley
Natal-Transvaal border → historicalRegion1 → Natal ⓘ
Natal Mounted Police → location → Natal ⓘ
Progressive Federal Party → regionOfActivity → Natal ⓘ