Ulundi

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Ulundi is a historic town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, best known as the former royal and political center of the Zulu Kingdom and the site of key events in the Anglo-Zulu War.

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Label Occurrences
Ulundi canonical 3
Ondini (Ulundi) 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
administeredBy Ulundi Local Municipality
associatedWith Cetshwayo kaMpande
surface form: King Cetshwayo kaMpande

Zulu royal family
surface form: Zulu monarchy
battleOfUlundiResult British victory over Zulu forces
capitalOf Zululand District Municipality
climate humid subtropical climate
coordinateLocation 28.335°S 31.416°E
country South Africa
dateOfBattleOfUlundi 1879-07-04
distanceTo approximately 150 km northwest of Richards Bay
approximately 250 km northeast of Durban
ethnicMajority Zulu people
formerCapitalOf KwaZulu homeland
surface form: KwaZulu bantustan

KwaZulu-Natal
Zulu Kingdom
governmentType local municipality
hasAirport Ulundi Airport
hasCulturalSignificance symbolic center of Zulu identity
hasHeritageSite Ondini Cultural Museum
reconstructed royal kraal of King Cetshwayo
historicalEventLocation Anglo-Zulu War
Battle of Ulundi
historicalRole royal and political center of the Zulu Kingdom
site of key events in the Anglo-Zulu War
languageUsed English
Zulu
locatedIn KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
uMkhanyakude District Municipality
surface form: Zululand District Municipality
locatedInRegion Zululand region
surface form: northern KwaZulu-Natal
locatedOnRiver Mfolozi River
surface form: White Umfolozi River
namedAfter uluLundi (high place) in Zulu
partOf Zululand region
surface form: Zululand
postApartheidChange lost capital status of KwaZulu-Natal in 2004
primaryEconomicActivity public administration
retail trade
subsistence agriculture
provinceCapitalStatus shared capital of KwaZulu-Natal until 2004
regionType rural town
religionMajority Christianity
roadConnection R34 road
R66 road
sharedCapitalWith Pietermaritzburg
timeZone Central Africa Time
surface form: South African Standard Time
tourismAttraction Zulu cultural and historical tourism
utcOffset +2

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

Zulu Kingdom capital Ulundi
KwaZulu homeland capital Ulundi
uMgungundlovu, Zulu Kingdom successorCapital Ulundi
this entity surface form: Ondini (Ulundi)