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Newcastle
City population
404,838
#17
in South Africa
#3
in KwaZulu-Natal
#1,418
worldwide
-27.758, 29.932 · 283 km from Pretoria
About Newcastle
Newcastle is a city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa with a population of 404,838. It is the 17th largest of the 295 cities of 15,000 or more listed in South Africa, and the 1,418th largest worldwide. It lies 283 km from Pretoria.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 38
Elevation
1,195 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Johannesburg
Coordinates
-27.758, 29.932
Record updated
2024-01-18
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 295 in South AfricaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.