Natal Colony

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former British colony historical political entity

The Natal Colony was a British-controlled region in southeastern Africa that later became part of modern South Africa and played a significant role in colonial-era conflicts and politics.

Aliases (1)

Colony of Natal ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colony → historical political entity →
borderedBy	Cape Colony → Orange Free State → Transvaal → Zululand →
capital	Pietermaritzburg →
contains	Durban → Estcourt → Greytown → Ladysmith → Newcastle, Natal → Pietermaritzburg → Port Shepstone → Richmond, Natal →
country	United Kingdom →
currency	pound sterling →
ethnicGroup	Afrikaners → British settlers → Indian indentured laborers → Zulu people →
followedBy	Province of Natal → Union of South Africa →
governmentType	British colonial administration →
hasCoastlineOn	Indian Ocean →
knownFor	importation of Indian indentured laborers → role in colonial-era conflicts in Southern Africa → sugar industry →
language	Afrikaans → English → Zulu →
largestCity	Durban →
locatedIn	Southern Africa → present-day South Africa → southeastern Africa →
namedAfter	Christmas (Natal in Portuguese) → Natal →
partOf	British Empire → British South Africa (informal region) → Union of South Africa (after 1910, as Province of Natal) →
politicalStatus	self-governing colony in the British Empire →
precededBy	Natalia Republic →
significantEvent	Anglo-Zulu War → Battle of Isandlwana (near its borders, involving colonial forces) → Second Boer War → Siege of Ladysmith →
sovereign	monarch of the United Kingdom →
todayPartOf	KwaZulu-Natal → Republic of South Africa →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boer Wars → Second Boer War →	belligerent
Transvaal →	borderedBy
Louis Botha ("Colony of Natal") →	placeOfBirth