ITheku

Ukuvela kwetheku

Durban / / ˈdɜːr bən / DUR DUR bən ; Zulu </link> , lisukela kugam itheku</link> okusho ukuthi "itheku, ichweba") [lower-alpha 1] idolobha lesithathu elinabantu abaningi eNingizimu Afrika, lilandela iGoli neKapa, kanye nedolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke esifundazweni saKwaZulu -Natali.[1] Iitholakala ogwini olusempumalanga yeNingizimu Afrika, eNatal Bay yoLwandlekazi <b>i-Indian</b>,

Ichweba

iTheku liyichweba elimatasatasa eNingizimu Afrika futhi laliqanjwe ngokuthi iPort Natal.[2] Enyakatho yetheku kanye nenkaba yedolobha kukhona indawo ongenela kuyo okungumfula <b>uMngeni</b> ; inkaba yedolobha eyisicaba ikhuphukela emagqumeni ase<b>Bereya</b> ngasentshonalanga; futhi eningizimu, egudla ugu, kuneBluff .[3]

Ukuqambeka kwetheku

ITheku liyisizinda sikaMasipala weTheku omkhulu, ohlanganisa indawo engu 2,556 km2 futhi yayinabantu abangu-4.2 million ngo -2022, okwenza idolobha elikhulu libe ngelinye lamakhulu e- Afrika e-Indian Ocean. Ngaphakathi komngcele wedolobha, isibalo sabantu baseThekwini sasiyizi-595,061 ngo -2011 .[4] Idolobha linesimo sezulu esiswakeme se-subtropical, nehlobo elishisayo, elimanzi kanye nobusika obupholile, obomile. [5]

Umdlando wethuku

Ubufakazi bemivubukulo obuvela ezintabeni zaseDrakensberg busikisela ukuthi le ndawo yayihlala abazingeli-abaqoqi ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka edlule. Kamuva, Abantu abangamaNguni bahlala esifundeni.[6] Phakathi noKhisimusi ka-1497, U-Vasco da Gama wabona ugu futhi waliqamba ngokuthi iNatal, igama lesiPutukezi elisho UKhisimusi. Ngo-1824, abahwebi baseNgilandi abavela eKapa, ababeholwa uFrancis Farewell UHenry Fynn, basungula indawo yokuhweba ePort Natal, futhi kamuva ngalowo nyaka, UShaka, inkosi yamaZulu, wabanika umhlaba ozungeze ichweba noma ulwandle. Ngo-1835, le ndawo yaqanjwa ngoSir Benjamin D'Urban, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumbusi waseKapa koloni, futhi waba isifundazwe ngo-1854. Kusukela ngo-1860 kuqhubeke, izisebenzi eziqashiwe ezivela eBritish India zafika eThekwini, kanye namaNdiya abagibeli kamuva. Ikoloni laseNatal, elalikhule, laba yisifundazwe se-Union of South Africa ngo-1910, futhi iThekwini yanikezwa isikhundla sedolobha ngo-1935.

  1. https://www.durban.gov.za/pages/government/about-ethekwini
  2. https://zulu.org.za/travel/listing/durban-city-hall/
  3. https://www.britannica.com/place/Durban
  4. https://www.durban.gov.za/pages/government/about-ethekwini#:~:text=eThekwini%2C%20formerly%20Durban%20has%20been%20at%20the%20frontline%20since%20time%20immemorial.
  5. Urban environmental challenges and climate change action in Durban, South Africa. 2013. p. 299–319. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956247813500904. Retrieved 25 March 2024. 
  6. https://www.britannica.com/place/Durban

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  1. Also called Template:Lang-zu for the mountain range that terminates in the area. In an 1859 Zulu grammar book, Bishop Colenso asserted that the root word iTeku means "bay of the sea", from the name Mtheku, used by the Thabethe tribes clan, who were the leaders of the Nguni people. Furthermore the original local inhabitants and noted that the locative form, eTekwini, was used as a proper name for Durban. An 1895 English-Zulu dictionary translates the base word iteku as "bay", "creek", "gulf" or "sinus", while a 1905 Zulu-English dictionary notes that eTekwini is used for Durban.