Ethekwini

Ethekwini means 'At the Harbour' in the Zulu language. It is the name of the Metropolitan Municipality created in 2000 that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns.

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Zulu language: Zulu, also known as isiZulu, is a language of the Zulu people with about 9 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken language in South Africa, understood by over 50% of the population (Ethnologue 2005), and became one of South Africa'...

Metropolitan Municipality: A metropolitan municipality is a consolidated city-county or metropolitan government, both of which see. If the jurisdictional area of the consolidated city-county is a mix of urban and/or suburban and/or rural areas, the term "regional municipality" may also be used....

2000: This article is about the year 2000. For other uses of 2000, see 2000 (number)....