Inchanga
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Inchanga
| native_name = iNtshanga
| image_skyline = Inchanga train station 06-Jun-2010.jpg
| image_caption = Inchanga train station
| pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|29|44|27|S|30|40|42|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = eThekwini
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| established_title = Established
| leader_party = SACP
| leader_title = Councillor
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/599096 |title = Main Place Intshanga |work=Census 2011}}
| area_total_km2 = 3.29
| population_total = 1008
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 19.5%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 1.2%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 2.4%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 76.3%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 0.6%
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = English
| demographics2_info1 = 77.2%
| demographics2_title2 = Zulu
| demographics2_info2 = 13.4%
| demographics2_title3 = Afrikaans
| demographics2_info3 = 6.3%
| demographics2_title4 =
| demographics2_info4 =
| demographics2_title5 = Other
| demographics2_info5 = 3.2%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code =
| postal2_code_type = PO box
| postal2_code = 3706
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 031
| official_name = iNchanga
}}
Intshanga is a village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately halfway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Schools
Inchanga has several schools, including
Notable People
History
Intshanga was noted as the location of a {{convert|27|m|ft|sp=us}} tall rail viaduct that was poorly constructed and required extremely slow crossing (10km/h), and if the wind speed exceeded 15km/h the passengers were made to walk across the bridge, after which the train followed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fad.co.za/Resources/foster/inchanga.htm|title = Facts About Durban - Inchanga}}
An alternate route around the ravine made the bridge obsolete in 1892, and a train station was built nearby in 1895.{{Cite web |url=http://www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za/AboutUs.php |title=About Us |access-date=2010-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819165137/http://www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za/AboutUs.php |archive-date=2010-08-19 |url-status=dead }} A hotel was built near the train station in 1903,{{Cite web |url=http://www.inchangahotel.co.za/history.htm |title=Inchanga Hotel |access-date=2010-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917174835/http://www.inchangahotel.co.za/history.htm |archive-date=2008-09-17 |url-status=dead }} but 20 years later a new rail line was built some distance away and business suffered. Both the hotel and the train station have been restored and are operating in their original function. The station serves as the midpoint on the excursion trips of the Umgeni Steam Railway.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110205100719/http://www.inchangahotel.co.za/ Inchanga Hotel]
- [http://www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za/ Umgeni Steam Railway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130031654/http://www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za/ |date=2009-01-30 }}