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Durban

South Africa

Watercolour of Durban, South Africa. Along the Indian Ocean's Golden Mile and Moses Mabhida Stadium, with Moses Mabhida Stadium and Golden Mile.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Moses Mabhida Stadium; Golden Mile; Bluff; Durban Botanic Gardens; Art Deco; Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve; lush subtropical KwaZulu-Natal flora; Art Deco
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking down the coastline from North Beach or the Umgeni River mouth toward the stadium and city, showing giant wild banana fronds and pier railings in the foreground, the breaking surf, promenade, and coastal skyline in the middle-ground, and the soaring white arch of Moses Mabhida Stadium rising against the green hills in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick coastal dune vegetation, giant wild banana groves, Botanic Gardens canopies, and mangrove forests.
Guarded against
Not Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, or Johannesburg
Population3,338,026Wikidata: 595,061
Coordinates29.86°S, 31.03°E
Elevation22 m
Area226 km²
Time zoneAfrica/JohannesburgUTC+2
Solar noon11:56clock runs 0.1 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Durban and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hana, United States — 1,233 km from the exact antipodal point.

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