Newcastle is the third-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is the province's industrial centre. The city has four industrial areas. Newcastle is known as the "New City" The majority of its citizens reside in Newcastle East in the main townships of Madadeni and Osizweni, with the balance residing in Newcastle West. Set at the foothills of the northern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains, Newcastle is located in the northwest corner of the province along the Ncandu River.
Image: Downtown Newcastle City Skyline from Fort Amiel Museum
Image: Sculpture by Mohau Modisakeng at Entrance 03 of the Newcastle Mall
Image: Newcastle City Hall 2015
Image: Arcelor Mittal from Madadeni
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu and Natal Province.
A view of the Mngeni River valley near Howick Falls
Upland savannah near Pietermaritzburg
Mangrove forest at the Umgeni River estuary in Durban
A beach on the North Coast