Chesterville, KwaZulu-Natal

Chesterville/Bhlekese
Chesterville/Bhlekese
	Chesterville/Bhlekese Chesterville/Bhlekese
	Coordinates: 29°51′04″S 30°56′38″E / 29.851°S 30.944°E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Main Place	Durban
Area
• Total	2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	15,840
• Density	7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.1%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.5%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	84.9%
• Xhosa	4.5%
• English	4.0%
• Sotho	1.3%
• Other	5.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4091
PO box	4138

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

The village lies between Cato Manor and Westville, some 13 km west of Durban. It is named after T. J. Chester, a former manager of the Native Administration Department of Durban.^[2]

The writer Nat Nakasa was reburied in Chesterville which was his childhood home, after his body was returned from the United States where he died in exile.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Chesterville". Census 2011.
^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 116.
^ "Nat Nakasa 'challenged the apartheid system through the pen'". City Press. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

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[census2011-1] "Sub Place Chesterville". Census 2011.

[dsapn-2] "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 116.

[penNakasa-3] "Nat Nakasa 'challenged the apartheid system through the pen'". City Press. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

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