Newlands East is a township located 17 km north-west of Durban in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Newlands East
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Coordinates: 29°46′S 30°59′E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Area [1]
• Total	14.81 km2 (5.72 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	52,566
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	69.3%
• Coloureds	24.2%
• Indian/Asian	5.8%
• White	0.2%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	58.1%
• English	32.5%
• Xhosa	3.5%
• S. Ndebele	1.2%
• Other	4.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4037
PO box	4161
Area code	031

Geography

Newlands East is bordered by Newlands West to the west and south, Durban North to the east and KwaMashu to the north

The main access roads in and around Newlands East is the N2 highway, M45 Queen Nandi Drive, M5 Dumisani Makhaye Drive and M21 Inanda Road. The M45 Queen Nandi Drive is the main thoroughfare to Newlands East and connects to KwaMashu and Briardene. It also provides access to the N2 highway which links further to King Shaka International Airport, KwaDukuza and Port Shepstone.

Newlands East comprises the suburbs of Avoca Hills, Esibubulungu, Hippo Road, Melkhoute, New Dawn Park and Riverhorse Valley.[2]

Riverhorse Valley

Riverhorse Valley is a 150ha light industrial, manufacturing and commercial estate located on both sides of the N2 highway. The estate which began construction in late 2004 was previously mostly sugarcane land owned by Tongaat Hulett.

Today it includes the Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre, the only Total Petroport in eThekwini and several warehousing and distribution centres.[3][4]

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