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Top Hotels Beverly Hill Sun  Audacia Manor  Endless Horizons Boutique Hotel  Hotel Izulu  Royal Palm Hotel  Selborne Hotel  Sibaya Casino Hotel  The Royal Hotel  The Riverside Hotel  The Quays on Timeball  Southern Sun Elangeni  Zimbali Lodge Fact FileEstablished: 1835Estimated Population: 3,5 Ethnic Groups: Black 68.3%, Indian or Asians19.90%, White 8.98%, Coloured 2.82%, Literacy: 84.6% Government: Republic Points of interest: Durban Waterfront is host to many events including the annual and prestigious Mr Price Pro Surfing Championship; City Hall which was completed in 1910; The old station which currently houses Tourist Junction and was built in 1892; Elephant House at 745 Ridge Road which is the oldest house in Durban having been built in 1850. GeographyBeing situated on the south-eastern seaboard of South Africa in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban is adjacent to the Indian Ocean in the east, and is bordered by the Drakensberg Mountains in the west and to the south lies the Atlantic Ocean.Durban Weather
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Durban, a city of more than 2 million, bills itself as the "Playground of the Zulu Kingdom." Your understanding of the Zulu people, both past and present, will be broadened by a visit. Shaka Zulu, the founder of the Zulu nation, remains a powerful symbolic figure there, and you might catch a glimpse of the present-day Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini. He occasionally attends meetings at (where else?) the Royal Hotel. Built in 1845 and granted royal appointment in 1860 by Queen Victoria's second son, Prince Alfred, the Royal can count among its guests Cecil John Rhodes, Mark Twain, Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela.
