Chesterville, KwaZulu-Natal

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

Chesterville
Chesterville
Chesterville
Coordinates: 29.851°S 30.944°E / -29.851; 30.944
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Main PlaceDurban
Area
  Total2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total15,840
  Density7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African99.1%
  Coloured0.2%
  Indian/Asian0.1%
  White0.5%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu84.9%
  Xhosa4.5%
  English4.0%
  Sotho1.3%
  Other5.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4091
PO box
4138

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. "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. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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