Place details
Place nameDurban
Other namesPort Natal
CountrySouth Africa
Latitude-29.883
Longitude31
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inlet site was charted by Vasco da Gama on Christmas 1497; was known to the British by 1684; was laid out in 1835 & named for the governor of Cape Colony, Sir Benjamin D'Urban; became part of British Natal in 1843.