St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal
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 St Lucia
St Lucia shown within KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Umkhanyakude |
| Municipality | Mtubatuba |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,104 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
| • Black African | 41.0% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.1% |
| • White | 52.3% |
| • Other | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • Afrikaans | 38.2% |
| • English | 30.9% |
| • Zulu | 26.4% |
| • Other | 4.5% |
| PO box | 3936 |
| Area code | 035 |
St Lucia is a settlement in Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The small town is mainly a hub for the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park.[2]
History
Evidence of early man living in the caves up high in the Lebombo mountains dating back 130 000 years ago provided scientist with clues regarding the lifestyle of this prehistoric settlers. From this cave alone almost 69 000 stone implements and various human remains have been recovered. Some of these tools date back to the middle and early stone ages (130 000 to 30 000 years ago).
St. Lucia was first named in 1554 as Rio dos Medos do Ouro (alternatively Rio dos Médãos do Ouro — River of the Gold Dunes)[3][4] by the survivors of the Portuguese ship São Bento.[5] At this stage, only the Tugela River mouth was known as St. Lucia. Later, in 1575, the Tugela River was named Tugela. On 13 December 1575, the day of the feast of Saint Lucy, Manuel Peresterello renamed the mouth area to Santa Lucia.
- In 1822, St. Lucia was proclaimed by the British as a township.
- In 1895, St. Lucia Game Reserve, 30 km north of the town was proclaimed.
- In 1971, St. Lucia Lake and the turtle beaches and coral reefs of Maputaland have been listed by the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention).
- In December 1999, the park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Animals in the park
The park is also home to about 1,200 Nile Crocodiles and almost 800 Hippopotami.
Other animals include leopards, Greater Kudu, Black Rhinos, rich avifauna and numerous invertebrates.[6][7]
Climate
Under Köppen-Geiger climate classification system, it has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa).[8]
| Climate data for St Lucia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.8 (73) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
25.95 (78.72) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19 (66) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.1 (70) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.63 (70.92) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.2 (63) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.35 (63.24) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 139 (5.47) |
133 (5.24) |
120 (4.72) |
100 (3.94) |
78 (3.07) |
59 (2.32) |
58 (2.28) |
59 (2.32) |
72 (2.83) |
103 (4.06) |
111 (4.37) |
97 (3.82) |
1,129 (44.44) |
| Average rainy days | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 117 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.7 |
| Source #1: Climate-Data.org[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weather2Travel (rainy days, sunshine)[9] | |||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| 26 °C (79 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 26 °C (79 °F) | 25 °C (77 °F) | 23 °C (73 °F) | 22 °C (72 °F) | 22 °C (72 °F) | 22 °C (72 °F) | 23 °C (73 °F) | 24 °C (75 °F) | 25 °C (77 °F) |
References
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- ↑ Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. 2012. Diversity of bivalve molluscs in the St Lucia Estuary, with an annotated and illustrated checklist. African Invertebrates 53 (2): 503-525.[1]
- ↑ Perissinotto, R., Taylor, R.H., Carrasco, N.K. & Fox, C. 2013. Observations on the bloom-forming jellyfish Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun, 1896) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. African Invertebrates 54 (1): 161–170.[2]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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Municipalities and communities of uMkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
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