Cato Ridge

Cato Ridge
Cato Ridge

 Cato Ridge shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 29°42′58″S 30°36′58″E / 29.716°S 30.616°ECoordinates: 29°42′58″S 30°36′58″E / 29.716°S 30.616°E
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality eThekwini
Area[1]
 • Total 20.18 km2 (7.79 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 3,874
 • Density 190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 92.2%
 • Coloured 1.0%
 • Indian/Asian 0.9%
 • White 5.4%
 • Other 0.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Zulu 78.5%
 • English 7.2%
 • Afrikaans 4.1%
 • Xhosa 3.0%
 • Other 7.2%
PO box 3680
Area code 031

Cato Ridge is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Village some 30 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg, near the Valley of a Thousand Hills. Named after George Christopher Cato (1814-1893), the first mayor of Durban.[2]

Georgedale which is part of Cato Ridge was the birthplace of James Mpanza who became known as the "Father of Soweto".[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Cato Ridge". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 113.
  3. ↑ Mandela, ed. by: E.J. Verwey ; forew. by: Nelson (1995). New dictionary of South African biography (1st ed. ed.). Pretoria: HSRC Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 0796916489.