Cato Ridge

Cato Ridge is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality as a suburb of the Outer West region.

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Coordinates: 29.716°S 30.616°E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Area [1]
• Total	20.18 km^2 (7.79 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,874
• Density	190/km^2 (500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	92.2%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	5.4%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	78.5%
• English	7.2%
• Afrikaans	4.1%
• Xhosa	3.0%
• Other	7.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	3680
Area code	031

It is situated some 30 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg and 50 km north-west of Durban in the Valley of a Thousand Hills. Named after George Christopher Cato (1814-1893), the first mayor of Durban.[2]

Georgedale which is part of Cato Ridge was the birthplace of James Mpanza who became known as the "Father of Soweto".[3]

References

1. "Main Place Cato Ridge". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 113.
3. Mandela, ed. by: E.J. Verwey ; forew. by: Nelson (1995). New dictionary of South African biography (1st ed.). Pretoria: HSRC Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 0796916489.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)