Cato Ridge

Cato Ridge is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality as a suburb of the Outer West region.

Cato Ridge
Cato Ridge
Cato Ridge
Coordinates: 29.716°S 30.616°E / -29.716; 30.616
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Area
  Total20.18 km2 (7.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total3,874
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African92.2%
  Coloured1.0%
  Indian/Asian0.9%
  White5.4%
  Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu78.5%
  English7.2%
  Afrikaans4.1%
  Xhosa3.0%
  Other7.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
3680
Area code031

It is situated some 30 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg and 50 km north-west of Durban in the Valley of a Thousand Hills. Named after George Christopher Cato (1814-1893), the first mayor of Durban.[2]

Georgedale which is part of Cato Ridge was the birthplace of James Mpanza who became known as the "Father of Soweto".[3]

References

  1. "Main Place Cato Ridge". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 113.
  3. Mandela, ed. by: E.J. Verwey ; forew. by: Nelson (1995). New dictionary of South African biography (1st ed.). Pretoria: HSRC Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 0796916489.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)


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