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Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal

Coordinates: 29°20′S 30°38′E / 29.333°S 30.633°E / -29.333; 30.633
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Dalton
Dalton is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Dalton
Dalton
Dalton is located in South Africa
Dalton
Dalton
Coordinates: 29°20′S 30°38′E / 29.333°S 30.633°E / -29.333; 30.633
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUMgungundlovu
MunicipalityuMshwathi
Established1850
Area
 • Total1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,493
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African81.4%
 • Coloured0.7%
 • Indian/Asian6.6%
 • White9.6%
 • Other1.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu58.6%
 • English21.3%
 • Xhosa12.8%
 • Afrikaans1.8%
 • Other5.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
3236
Area code033

Dalton is a village in 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of New Hanover and 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Greytown in the uMshwati Local Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The town is named after North Dalton in Yorkshire, the hometown of Henry Boast, who organized an immigration to Natal in 1850 of people from Yorkshire. It is the railway junction for the Noodsberg line.[2]

The main local industry is the production of sugarcane, with the Union Cooperative and Illovo Noodsberg mills nearby.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Dalton". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 128.