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Metropolitan Routes In Durban
Ethekwini (Durban metropolitan area), like most South African metropolitan areas, uses Metropolitan or "M" routes for important intra-city routes, a layer below National (N) roads and Regional (R) roads. Each city's M roads are independently numbered. Table of M roads Rd, Bulwer Rd, Cleaver Rd, Botanic Gardens Rd, cowey Rd, , , - , , , East/West, , M32 / M10 (Wiggins) – M8 – R102 – ends at Congella , , Wiggins, Glenwood, Congella, , fransisco Rd, , , - , , , East/West then North/South, , M5 (Escombe) – M22 – M20 – M5 (cosigned) – M7 – M9/M32 – M13 (cosigned) – M15 – M17 – M19 (Springfield) , , Escombe, Queensmead, Mount Vernon, Hillary, Bellair, uMkumbaan, Wiggins, Cato Crest, Waterval Park, Sparks, Sydenham, Springfield, , Stella Rd, Sarnia Rd (M5), Wakesleigh Rd, Vusi Mzemela Rd, jam smuts Hwy (M13), Brickfield Rd, Alpine Rd, , , - , , , East/West, , M8 (Bulwer) – R102 – M4 (Esplanade) , , Bulwer, Esplanade, , Che Guevara Rd, , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The majority of its 3,442,361 people speak Zulu. It was formed from seven formerly independent local councils and tribal land. Etymology In an 1859 Zulu grammar book, Bishop Colenso asserted that the root word ' means "bay of the sea" taken from the Thabethe tribes clan name Mtheku which were the leaders of the Nguni people. Furthermore the original local inhabitants and noted that the locative form, ', was used as a proper name for Durban. An 1895 English-Zulu dictionary translates the base word ' as "bay", "creek", "gulf" or "sinus", while a 1905 Zulu-English dictionary notes that ' is used for Durban. Geography eThekwini is surrounded by: * iLembe (DC29) to the north * the Indian Ocean to the east * Ugu (DC21) to the south * Umgungundlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
