Doonside, KwaZulu-Natal
Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doonside is a small beachside resort suburb in Kingsburgh, some 30 km south-west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on the South Coast.
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Doonside | |
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Coordinates: 30.070°S 30.871°E / -30.070; 30.871 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Municipality | eThekwini |
Main Place | Kingsburgh |
Area | |
• Total | 1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,596 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 16.5% |
• Coloured | 2.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.8% |
• White | 76.0% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 57.9% |
• Afrikaans | 34.3% |
• Zulu | 5.0% |
• Other | 2.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 4126 |
PO box | 4135 |
Area code | 031 |
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At first the siding was called Middleton, after its builder, but to avoid confusion with Middleton in the Cape the name was changed in 1910 to Doonside, after a house called Lorna Doone which overlooked the siding.[2]