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   Umlazi

   Umlazi is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, located south-west of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its South Municipal Planning Region.

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   Chatsworth

   Chatsworth is a large township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa established in the 1950s to segregate the Indian population and create a buffer between the white suburbs of Durban to the north and the black townships of Durban to the south.

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   KwaMashu

   KwaMashu is a township 12 kilometres north of Durban, South Africa. The name honours Sir Marshall Campbell and means Place of Marshall.

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   uShaka Marine World

   uShaka Marine World is a 16-hectare (40-acre) theme park that opened on 30 April 2004 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It has a total capacity of 4.6 million gallons containing 10,000 animal species.

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   Ntuzuma

   Ntuzuma is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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   Juma Mosque

   The Juma Mosque of Durban, also known as the Grey Street Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque located in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.

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   Durban Botanic Gardens

   The Durban Botanic Gardens is situated in the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is Durban's oldest public institution and Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens.

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   North Beach

   North Beach is one of the beaches of Durban, South Africa. It is situated north of the harbour and bluff, in between Bay of Plenty and Dairy Beach on Durban's Golden Mile.

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   Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum

   The Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum is a mosque, mausoleum, and provincial heritage site in Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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    South Beach, Durban

    South Beach is a residential area in central Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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   Mitchell Park Zoo

   Mitchell Park Zoo is also known as Mitchell Park or Mitchell's Park. Situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban, South Africa, it is the only zoo in Durban.

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   Durban South Africa Temple

   The Durban South Africa Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Durban, South Africa. The intent to construct the temple was announced by church president Thomas S.

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   Clairwood Shree Siva Soobramoniar Temple

   Clairwood Shri Shiva Subrahmanyar Temple, also known as C.S.S.S.T, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Muruga, located in Clairwood in Durban, South Africa. Muruga is worshipped as Shiva-Subrahmanyar.

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   The Cenotaph

   The Cenotaph in Farewell Square, Durban, South Africa, was erected as a war memorial to soldiers who died in World War I.

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   Old Fort

   The Old Fort is a fort built in Durban, South Africa by Captain Thomas Charlton Smith's troops in 1842 as part of a visibility campaign by the British Empire to prevent Boers from establishing a republic in Natal.

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