Pietermaritzburg (zaf)

Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg ranks 2,375th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Downey, California, and Peterborough, Ontario. Memorable people born in Pietermaritzburg include Alan Paton, Christian Gitsham, and Bessie Head. Memorable people who died in Pietermaritzburg include Cyril Jackson, and Mary Elizabeth Barber. Pietermaritzburg has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers and the death place of many astronomers, and biologists. Pietermaritzburg is located in South Africa.

Pietermaritzburg 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. Read more on Wikipedia