South Africa · Wine of Origin geographical unit
KwaZulu-Natal
Wine region
KwaZulu-Natal is a Wine of Origin geographical unit in South Africa.
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Key facts Type Wine of Origin geographical unit Area 9,436,422 ha registered outline Centre 28.9450° S, 30.4591° E Legal basis Wine of Origin Scheme (Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989); areas published in the Government Gazette and administered by SAWIS. Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.
Where it is Nearest town 19 km north-west of Greytown Nearest city 75 km north of Pietermaritzburg 839,327 people To the sea 98 km Rivers nearby Tugela (21 km) Same latitude Vale dos Vinhedos (Brazil), Valles del Famatina (Argentina), Valle del Huasco (Chile), Granite Belt (Australia)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation -2–3,360 m Mean elevation 852 m Measured over the whole outline on 82,946 elevation cells of about 1,070 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Sources geoBoundaries ZAF ADM1 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))
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