Intshanga is a village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately halfway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Inchanga
iNtshanga | |
|---|---|
| iNchanga | |
 Inchanga train station | |
  Inchanga  Inchanga | |
| Coordinates: 29°44′27″S 30°40′42″E / 29.74083°S 30.67833°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Municipality | eThekwini |
| • Councillor | (SACP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.29 km2 (1.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,008 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 19.5% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.4% |
| • White | 76.3% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 77.2% |
| • Zulu | 13.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 6.3% |
| • Other | 3.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 3706 |
| Area code | 031 |
Schools
editInchanga has several schools, including
Notable People
editHistory
editIntshanga was noted as the location of a 27 meters (89 ft) tall rail viaduct that was poorly constructed and required extremely slow crossing (10km/h), and if the wind speed exceeded 15km/h the passengers were made to walk across the bridge, after which the train followed.[2]
An alternate route around the ravine made the bridge obsolete in 1892, and a train station was built nearby in 1895.[3] A hotel was built near the train station in 1903,[4] but 20 years later a new rail line was built some distance away and business suffered. Both the hotel and the train station have been restored and are operating in their original function. The station serves as the midpoint on the excursion trips of the Umgeni Steam Railway.
External links
edit- Inchanga Hotel
- Umgeni Steam Railway Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Intshanga". Census 2011.
- ^ "Facts About Durban - Inchanga".
- ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- ^ "Inchanga Hotel". Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2010-09-19.