Anglican, Dutch Reformed, Hindu, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Islam
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
• 1843–1901
Victoria
• 1901–10
Edward VII
Governor
• 1843-1844
Henry Cloete
• 1910
Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen
Historical era
Imperialism
• Established
4 May 1843
• Annexed Zululand
1897
• Merged into Union of South Africa as Natal Province
31 May 1910
Area
1904[2]
91,610 km2 (35,370 sq mi)
Population
• 1904[2]
1,108,754
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Natalia Republic
Zulu Kingdom
Union of South Africa
Today part of
South Africa
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 to form the Union of South Africa, as one of its provinces.[3] It is now the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.[4]
It was originally only about half the size of the present province, with the north-eastern boundaries being formed by the Tugela and Buffalo rivers beyond which lay the independent Kingdom of Zululand (kwaZulu in the Zulu language).[3]
Fierce conflict with the Zulu population led to the evacuation of Durban, and eventually, the Boers accepted British annexation in 1844 under military pressure. A British governor was appointed to the region and many settlers emigrated from Europe and the Cape Colony. The British established a sugar cane industry in the 1860s. Farm owners had a difficult time attracting Zulu labourers to work on their plantations, so the British brought thousands of indentured labourers from India.[3] As a result of the importation of Indian labourers, Durban became the home to the largest concentration of Indians outside India.[5]
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