Colenso (South Africa)
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 44 ′ S , 29 ° 50 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||
| District | Uthukela | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | ||
| local community | Alfred Duma | ||
| height | 966 m | ||
| Residents | 6388 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1855 | ||
 1900 battlefield
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Colenso (in isiZulu : eSkipeni; German for "Place of the Boat") is a city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal . It is located in the Alfred Duma parish in the Uthukela district .
geography
In 2011 Colenso had 6,388 inhabitants (2011 census), including the Inyanzeni township in the east of the village. IsiZulu is spoken most often . The city lies in a bend in the river on the south bank of the Tugela . Lesotho is around 75 kilometers southwest. Nearby towns are Ladysmith 20 kilometers north and Estcourt around 30 kilometers south. Weenen is around 30 kilometers to the east.
history
Colenso was founded in 1855 on a strategically important ford of the Tugela. The place was named after John William Colenso , who was the first Anglican bishop of the Natal Diocese at the time of its founding . Colenso was on the connection between Durban and Pretoria , at that time the capital of the South African Republic . In 1879 the ford was replaced by the Bulwer Bridge , which has been preserved to this day. In 1886 the Durban – Ladysmith railway was built with a bridge crossing the Tugela at Colenso. The route was later extended towards Johannesburg .
In 1899 the Battle of Colenso took place west of the village as part of the Second Boer War , in which British units were defeated against the Boer troops. In 1922 a coal-fired power station was built, which was in operation until 1985 and with its three cooling towers still shapes the silhouette of the city. Colenso received parish status in 1958.
In 2018, twelve taxi drivers were shot dead in an attack on a minibus between Colenso and Weenen.
Economy and Transport
Colenso is on the R74 trunk road , which connects Colenso with Harrismith in the northwest and KwaDukuza on the Indian Ocean , and the R103, which leads north from Colenso to Ladysmith. The N3 runs south past Colenso.
Colenso is located on the Durban – Johannesburg railway, which is used for passenger and freight traffic.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c portrait at routes.co.za ( memento from October 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b 2011 census , accessed June 25, 2015
- ↑ Suspect linked to 12 deaths in KZN taxi massacre appears in court. news24.com from July 25, 2018, accessed on July 26, 2018