Pietermaritzburg (Q185591)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: uMgungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. The town was named in Zulu after King Dingane's royal homestead uMgungundlovu. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in Afrikaans and is often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of uMgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial government offices located here.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Pietermaritzburg is de hoofdstad en tweede stad van de provincie KwaZoeloe-Natal in Zuid-Afrika. De stad werd gesticht in december 1838 en wordt in de volksmond Maritzburg genoemd, en ook vaak als 'PMB' aangeduid. Met een inwonertal van 223.000 inwoners heeft de plaats een belangrijke regionale functie. De belangrijkste industriële activiteiten betreffen aluminium en voedselproducten.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Pietermaritzburg (ook bekend slegs as Maritzburg) is die hoofstad van die provinsie KwaZulu-Natal, Suid-Afrika. Die stad, wat 596 meter bo seevlak in die hart van Zoeloeland lê, was oorspronklik die eerste hoofstad van die Boererepubliek Natalia. Desondanks het die stad vandag 'n sterk Britse voorkoms. Danksy die bewaring van sy historiese geboue word Pietermaritzburg dikwels as een van die mooiste Victoriaanse stede in Afrika beskryf.

Summary from Български език / Bulgarian Wikipedia (bgwiki)

Питърмарицбург или Питермарицбург (на африкаанс: Pietermaritzburg) е град в Южноафриканската република, административен център на провинция Квазулу-Натал, на окръг Умгунгундлову и на община Мсундузи.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Pietermaritzburg est une ville d'Afrique du Sud, capitale de la province du KwaZulu-Natal. Elle est familièrement appelée tout simplement « Maritzburg » ou encore sous ses initiales de PMB.

Wikidata location: -29.6009, 30.3796 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Pietermaritzburg (OSM), 140 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Pietermaritzburg
is_in: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
place: city
source: sagns
name:en: Pietermaritzburg
name:ko: 피터마리츠버그
name:ru: Питермарицбург
name:uk: Пітермаріцбург
sagns_id: 115693
wikidata: Q185591
wikipedia: en:Pietermaritzburg
population: 618536
is_in:country: South Africa
population:date: 2011-01-01
source:population: wikipedia

wikidata match: Q185591

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