NATAL or Natal may refer to:

Places

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Natal (), literally ''Christmas'' or ''natal'' ("birth") is the capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Norte, located in Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern Brazil. According to Brazilian Institute of Geograp ...

, a city in Brazil *

Natal, South Africa (disambiguation) Natal, South Africa can refer to: * Natalia Republic, a Boer republic (1839–1843) * Colony of Natal, a British colony (1843–1910) * Natal (province), a province of South Africa (1910–1994) * KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa (1994– ...

, a region in South Africa **

Natalia Republic The Natalia Republic was a short-lived Boer republic founded in 1839 after a Voortrekker victory against the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River. The area was previously named ''Natália'' by Portuguese sailors, due to its discovery on Christm ...

, a former country (1839–1843) **

Colony of Natal The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies t ...

, a former British colony (1843–1910) **

Natal (province) The Province of Natal (), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organised into ...

, a former province (1910–1994) **

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...

, a province (since 1994) *

Mandailing Natal Regency Mandailing Natal, a.k.a. Madina, is a regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 6,620.70 square kilometres and it had a population of 403,894 people at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 472,886 at ...

, a regency in Indonesia **

Natal, North Sumatra Natal is a town in Mandailing region, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Batang Gadis National Park is located here. There is also a gold mining industry in the town. The name derives from ''ranah datar'', "flat land" in Indonesian. Even though i ...

, a town in the above regency *

Natal, Iran Natal (, also Romanized as Nātal and Nātel) is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 21 families. It is located about 6&nb ...

, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Natal, British Columbia, a coal-mining community in the East Kootenay region of Canada

Biology

* Of or relating to

birth Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the f ...

Childbirth Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy, where one or more Fetus, fetuses exits the Womb, internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section and becomes a newborn to ...

* Natal banana frog, a species of frog (''Afrixalus spinifrons'') * Natal dwarf puddle frog, a species of frog (''Phrynobatrachus natalensis'') *

Natal ghost frog The Natal ghost frog (''Hadromophryne natalensis'') is a species of frog in the family Heleophrynidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Hadromophryne''. ''Hadromophryne natalensis'' is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Eswatini E ...

, a species of frog (''Heleophryne natalensis'') * Natal sand frog, a species of frog (''Tomopterna natalensis'')

Military

Ingobamakhosi Carbineers The Ingobamakhosi Carbineers (formerly Natal Carbineers) is an infantry unit of the South African Army. History Origins The regiment traces its roots to 1854 but it was formally raised on 15 January 1855 and gazetted on 13 March of that year ...

, an infantry regiment of the South African Army, formerly known as the Natal Carbineers *

King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment The King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment (formerly the Natal Field Artillery) is a reserve artillery regiment of the South African Army. History The Natal Field Artillery was raised in 1862 as part of the Durban Light Infantry, Durban Volunteer ...

, an artillery regiment of the South African Army, * Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles, an armoured regiment of the South African Army, formerly known as the Natal Mounted Rifles *

Natal Native Contingent The Natal Native Contingent was a large force of auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa, forming a substantial portion of the defence forces of the British colony of Natal. The Contingent saw action during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. The Nat ...

, a large force of black auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War * ''Natal'' (ship), two warships

Sports

KwaZulu-Natal cricket team KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) in South Africa in the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series (previously the Currie Cup). KwaZulu-Natal is the only team that did n ...

, South African cricket team

Other

* "Natal" (song), a 1991 single by Chico & Roberta *

Natal de Carvalho Baroni Natal de Carvalho Baroni, commonly known as Natal (born November 24, 1945), is a retired Brazilian football midfielder. He was born in Belo Horizonte. He is known for having played for Cruzeiro, where he won five straight Campeonato Mineiros, an ...

(born 1945), Brazilian football player *

Natal Day Natal Day is a non-statutory holiday in Nova Scotia, Canada, celebrated on the first Monday in August. It coincides with other Civic Holidays across Canada. History Natal Day was originally celebrated on June 21, to commemorate the establishmen ...

, a civic holiday in Canada *

NATAL Israel NATAL - Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center (established: 1998, Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area o ...

, Israel's Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War *

Natal Observatory The Natal Observatory was an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal (now the KwaZulu-Natal province of the Republic of South Africa) from 1882 to 1911. The most important work carried out there was a study of the motion of the moon. ...

, an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal from 1882 to 1911 *

Apostolic Vicariate of Natal The Vicariate Apostolic of Natal () was a Roman Catholic missionary, quasi-diocesan jurisdiction in South Africa. Antecedents The history of the Catholic Church in South Africa goes back to 1660, when a French bishop and a few priests were saved ...

, a former Catholic missionary jurisdiction, South Africa *

Kinect Kinect is a discontinued line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB color model, RGB cameras, and Thermographic camera, infrared projectors and detectors that map dep ...

(code name Project Natal), a motion-based control system for the Xbox 360 video game console * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal, archdiocese in Brazil *

University of Natal The University of Natal was a university in the former South African province Natal which later became KwaZulu-Natal. The University of Natal no longer exists as a distinct legal entity, as it was incorporated into the University of KwaZulu- ...

, South Africa {{Disambiguation, geo