Paulpietersburg

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Paulpietersburg
Paulpietersburg (South Africa)
Paulpietersburg
Paulpietersburg
Coordinates 27 ° 25 ′  S , 30 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 25 ′  S , 30 ° 49 ′  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

KwaZulu-Natal
District Zululand
ISO 3166-2 ZA-KZN
local community eDumbe
height 1128 m
Residents 1859 (2011)
Street in Paulpietersburg
Street in Paulpietersburg

Paulpietersburg is a city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal . It belongs to the eDumbe parish in Zululand district . In 2011 it had 1,859 inhabitants.

The city was named after President Paul Kruger and General Piet Joubert .

geography

Paulpietersburg is located in the north of KwaZulu-Natal, roughly in the middle of the route from Durban to Johannesburg . Places in the vicinity are Vryheid (45 km), Piet Retief (55 km) and Utrecht (66 km). The city is at an altitude of 1128 meters at the foot of the Dumbe Mountains .

The average amount of precipitation in Paulpietersburg is 746 millimeters. Most of the precipitation falls in summer (October to March). The lowest amount of precipitation occurs in June, at one millimeter. Most of the precipitation falls in December (134 millimeters). The average maximum temperature in Paulpietersburg varies from 20.2 ° C in June to 27.3 ° C in January. The coldest month is June. Here the average minimum nighttime temperatures are 4.1 ° C.

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Web links

Commons : Paulpietersburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Location Search Results For Paulpietersburg. (No longer available online.) Municipal Demarcation Board, formerly original ; accessed on March 13, 2011 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / mapserver2.statssa.gov.za  
  2. ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 17, 2013
  3. ^ Paulpietersburg. countryroads.co.za, accessed March 13, 2011 .
  4. ↑ a b Paulpietersburg climate ( English ) SA Explorer . Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  5. ↑ Data on Paulpieterburg from Falling Rain Genomics, accessed on March 13, 2011