Paulpietersburg

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Paulpietersburg

| image_skyline = Hoogstraat, na suide, Paulpietersburg.jpg

| image_caption = View up Hoog Street with Dumbe hill in background

| pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|27|25|S|30|49|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Zululand

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = eDumbe

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1888{{cite thesis |last=Robson |first=Linda Gillian |title=The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact |date=2011 |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Pretoria |chapter=Annexure A |chapter-url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26503/05back.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y#page=31 |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/26503 |hdl=2263/26503 |pages=xlv–lii}}

| leader_party = NFP

| leader_title = Councillor

| leader_name = BM Nxusa

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/578018 |title = Main Place Paulpietersburg |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 36.56

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 1859

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 56.7%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 1.0%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 1.5%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 37.3%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 3.6%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Zulu

| demographics2_info1 = 48.8%

| demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info2 = 23.1%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 11.5%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 16.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 3180

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 3180

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 034

}}

Paulpietersburg ({{langx|zu|eDumbe}}) is a small town in KZN, South Africa. It was established in 1888 and was then part of the Transvaal Republic. It was named after then President Paul Kruger and Voortrekker hero Piet Joubert.

The town is 72 km south of Piet Retief and 151 km north-east of Dundee. It was established in 1888, proclaimed a township in 1910, and attained municipal status in 1958. Named after President Paul Kruger and General Piet Joubert, it was first called Paulpietersrust, then Paulpietersdorp, and Paulpietersburg in 1896.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=360}}