New Guelderland

New Guelderland
New Guelderland

 New Guelderland shown within KwaZulu-Natal

Coordinates: 29°19′12″S 31°19′55″E / 29.320°S 31.332°E / -29.320; 31.332Coordinates: 29°19′12″S 31°19′55″E / 29.320°S 31.332°E / -29.320; 31.332
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District iLembe
Municipality KwaDukuza

New Guelderland is a town in KwaDukuza in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

It was established in 1859, when Theodorus Colenbrander brought a party of 80 Dutch immigrants to his settlement and named it after Guelderland in the Netherlands.[1]

References

  1. "New Guelderland, KwaZulu-Natal". SA Travel Directory. Retrieved 4 January 2014.


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