Estcourt

E43755

town

Estcourt is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, historically significant as a colonial settlement and regional agricultural and transport hub.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	town →
administrativeRole	local administrative centre →
climate	temperate →
continent	Africa →
country	South Africa →
economicActivity	beef farming → dairy farming → food processing → maize production → timber production →
economicRole	service centre for surrounding farming areas →
hasHeritage	Anglo-Boer War sites → colonial-era architecture →
hasIndustry	dairy processing → grain storage and milling → meat processing →
historicalRole	colonial settlement → regional agricultural hub → regional transport hub →
languageMajority	Zulu →
languageSignificant	English →
locatedIn	Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality → KwaZulu-Natal → eastern South Africa → uThukela District Municipality →
locatedNear	Drakensberg Mountains →
locatedOnRiver	Bushmans River →
namedAfter	Thomas Estcourt (British parliamentarian) →
near	Wagendrift Dam →
nearbyCity	Ladysmith → Pietermaritzburg →
partOf	South African interior trade route between Durban and Johannesburg →
postalCode	3310 →
province	KwaZulu-Natal →
railwayLine	Durban–Johannesburg main line →
region	Midlands region of KwaZulu-Natal →
regionType	rural-urban service town →
roadDistanceTo	approximately 100 km north of Pietermaritzburg → approximately 170 km northwest of Durban →
servedByRoad	N3 national route → R103 regional road →
timezone	SAST →
transportFunction	railway junction → road transport node →
utcOffset	+2 →
watercourse	Little Bushmans River →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Natal Colony →	contains