Chesterville, KwaZulu-Natal

Chesterville
Chesterville
 Chesterville shown within KwaZulu-Natal
Location within Durban
Chesterville
Chesterville
Chesterville (South Africa)
Chesterville
Chesterville (Africa)
Coordinates: 29°51′04″S 30°56′38″E / 29.851°S 30.944°E / -29.851; 30.944Coordinates: 29°51′04″S 30°56′38″E / 29.851°S 30.944°E / -29.851; 30.944
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality eThekwini
Main Place Durban
Area[1]
 • 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)[1]
 • Black African 99.1%
 • Coloured 0.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 0.5%
 • Other 0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • 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

Chesterville is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Chesterville". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 116.
  3. ↑ "Nat Nakasa 'challenged the apartheid system through the pen'". City Press. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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