Chesterville, KwaZulu-Natal
Chesterville is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Chesterville | |
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  Chesterville  Chesterville | |
| Coordinates: 29.851°S 30.944°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Municipality | eThekwini |
| Main Place | Durban |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 15,840 |
| • Density | 7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.1% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.5% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 84.9% |
| • Xhosa | 4.5% |
| • English | 4.0% |
| • Sotho | 1.3% |
| • Other | 5.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 4091 |
| PO box | 4138 |
Village between Cato Manor and Westville, some 13 km west of Durban. Named after T J Chester, a former manager of the Native Administration Department of Durban.[2]
The writer Nat Nakasa was reburied in his Chesterville, his childhood home, after his body was returned from the United States, where he died in exile.[3]
References
- "Sub Place Chesterville". Census 2011.
- "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 116.
- "Nat Nakasa 'challenged the apartheid system through the pen'". City Press. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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