Ulundi

Ulundi is a town in the Zululand District Municipality. At one time the capital of Zululand^[1] in South Africa and later the capital of the Bantustan of KwaZulu, Ulundi now lies in KwaZulu-Natal Province (of which, from 1994 to 2004, it alternated with Pietermaritzburg as the provincial capital). The town now includes an airport, a five-star hotel, and some museums amongst its sights. In the 2001 Census, the population of the town was recorded as 18,420.^[2]

When Cetshwayo became king of the Zulus on September 1, 1873, he created, as was customary, a new capital for the nation. naming it "uluNdi" ("The high place"). On July 4, 1879, in the Battle of Ulundi (the final battle of the Anglo-Zulu War), the British army captured the royal kraal and razed it to the ground.

Nearby is Ondini, where King Mpande, Cetshwayo's father, had his kraal. A large Zulu hut now is on the site.

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External links

• Battles around Ulundi
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Ulundi". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.