Chesterville, KwaZulu-Natal

Chesterville is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Famously known for its baked beans and mayo salad.

Chesterville
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Coordinates: 29.851°S 30.944°E / -29.851; 30.944
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Main Place	Durban
Area [1]
• Total	2.09 km^2 (0.81 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	15,840
• Density	7,600/km^2 (20,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.1%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.5%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	84.9%
• Xhosa	4.5%
• English	4.0%
• Sotho	1.3%
• Other	5.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4091
PO box	4138

Village between Cato Manor and Westville, some 13 km west of Durban. Named after T J Chester, a former manager of the Native Administration Department of Durban.[2]

The writer Nat Nakasa was reburied in his Chesterville, his childhood home, after his body was returned from the United States, where he died in exile.[3]

References

1. "Sub Place Chesterville". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 116.
3. "Nat Nakasa 'challenged the apartheid system through the pen'". City Press. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.