world.wikisort.org - South_Africa

Search / Calendar

Yellowwood Park is a quiet suburb of the city of Durban, South Africa, established in 1960. It is 14 km southwest of central Durban.

Yellowwood Park
Yellowwood Park
Yellowwood Park
Coordinates: 29.91°S 30.91°E / -29.91; 30.91
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Area
  Total2.48 km2 (0.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total5,216
  Density2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4004
PO box
4011

The land was given to the city of Durban by Kenneth Stainbank,[2] who also established the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve located in the suburb.[3] The Stainbank family home, Coedmore Castle, still stands in the reserve.[4]


Places of interest



Birdlife


Yellowwood Park is a green and leafy suburb that supports an impressive array of birdlife. Many of the roads – like Lark Lane, Kestrel Crescent, and Wren Way – are named after local birds. Notable birds to be found in the area include African goshawks, purple-crested turacos, white-eared barbets, black-headed orioles, golden-tailed woodpeckers, yellow-bellied greenbuls, African dusky flycatchers, spectacles weavers, black sparrowhawks, black cuckooshrikes, brown-hooded kingfishers and black-bellied starlings.[5]


References


  1. "Sub Place Yellowwood Park". Census 2011.
  2. "Durban's castle lite | IOL". Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. "Yellowwood Park". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. "Coedmore Castle, South Africa". www.encounter.co.za. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  5. KZN, BirdLife eThekwini (15 August 2020). "Birding at Kenneth Stainbank". BirdLife eThekwini KZN. Retrieved 7 September 2021.





Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии