Durban
Durban (Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning ‘bay/lagoon’) is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa and Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism because of the city’s warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches.
The modern city of Durban dates from 1824, when a party of 25 men under British Lieutenant F. G. Farewell arrived from the Cape Colony and established a settlement on the northern shore of the Bay of Natal, near today’s Farewell Square. Accompanying Farewell was an adventurer named Henry Francis Fynn. Fynn was able to befriend the Zulu King Shaka by helping him to recover from a stab wound he suffered in battle. As a token of Shaka’s gratitude, he granted Fynn a 50 km strip of coast 160 km in depth.
During a meeting of 35 European residents in Fynn’s territory on 23 June 1835, it was decided to build a capital town and name it “d’Urban” after Sir Benjamin d’Urban, then governor of the Cape Colony.
– 123K trees used.
– All connections except for 1 road.
– All types of resources.
– Relative flat near the beaches on the coast, more challenging canyons and gorges inland.
– I recommend using a 25-tile mod.
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