Natal Province

former province of South Africa
AdministrativeArea province_of_south_africa Q917867
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Natal Province

Summary

Natal Province is a province of South Africa[1]. It draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_south_africa category, ranking #12 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Natal Province is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Natal Province is in the country of Union of South Africa[4].
  • Natal Province's instance of is recorded as province of South Africa[5].
  • Natal Province's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity[6].
  • Natal Province's capital is recorded as Pietermaritzburg[7].
  • Natal Province's currency is recorded as rand[8].
  • Natal Province's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of Natal 1907-1997.svg[9].
  • Natal Province's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 853153532495448820007[10].
  • Natal Province's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127825898[11].
  • Natal Province's GND ID is recorded as 4041275-1[12].
  • Natal Province's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Natal[13].
  • Natal Province's locator map image is recorded as Map of the provinces of South Africa 1976-1994 with Natal highlighted.svg[14].
  • Natal Province's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79020108[15].
  • Natal Province's Commons category is recorded as Province of Natal[16].
  • +1910-05-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Natal Province[17].
  • Natal Province was dissolved in +1994-04-27T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Natal Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29, 'lon': 30}[19].
  • Natal Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dygl[20].
  • Natal Province's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2430753'}[21].
  • Natal Province's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Natal Province's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[23].
  • Natal Province's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[24].
  • Natal Province's replaces is recorded as Colony of Natal[25].
  • Natal Province's replaced by is recorded as KwaZulu-Natal[26].
  • Natal Province's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Natal-historical-province-South-Africa[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include South Africa[3], a sovereign state[28], in South Africa[29], founded in 1910[30] and Union of South Africa[4], a dominion of the British Empire[31], founded in 1910[32].

Physical Characteristics

Natal Province's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+91610'}[33]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+2430753'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include province of South Africa[5] and former administrative territorial entity[6].

History and Context

+1910-05-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Natal Province[17].

Why It Matters

Natal Province draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_south_africa category, ranking #12 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . interactive.statssa.gov.za:8282. interactive.statssa.gov.za:8282. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_natal-province_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Natal Province}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/natal-province}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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