M50 (Pietermaritzburg)
Pietermaritzburg, like most South Africa, South African cities, uses metropolitan or "M" routes for important intra-city routes, a layer below National routes (South Africa), national (N) roads and Regional routes (South Africa), regional (R) roads. Each city's M roads are independently numbered. In South Africa, List of metropolitan routes in South Africa, Metropolitan or "M" routes are mostly used in Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipalities and Pietermaritzburg is the only exception whereby it is not part of a metropolitan municipality yet still uses these road designations. Table of M roads See also * Numbered routes in South Africa References

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Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg (; ) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. The town was named in Zulu after King Dingane's royal homestead uMgungundlovu. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg and is often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally-important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, and is the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality, uMgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial government offices located here. The city has many schools and tertiary education institutions, including a campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It had a population of 228,549 in 1991; the current population is estimated at over 600,000 residents (including neighbouring townships) and is a melting pot of different culture ...
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