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Charlestown

KwaZulu-Natalvillage

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Founded

1889

Air quality index

62Moderate
Land area21.99 km²
Coordinates-27.41°, 29.88°

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City facts

Founded
1889
Area
21.99 km²

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Charlestown is a small town situated at the top of Laing's Nek pass in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between Newcastle and Volksrust. It started out as an important railway station and customs post between Natal and Transvaal in 1891 until the Union of South Africa came into being in 1910, and customs tariffs were abolished. It is named after Sir Charles Mitchell, governor of Natal.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-27.4097
Longitude
29.8767
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
62
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
9.7
PM10 (µg/m³)
9.7
Ozone (µg/m³)
33
NO₂ (µg/m³)
10

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
16,966
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Cape Wagtail
    Motacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    462
  • Long-tailed Widowbird
    Euplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    396
  • Hadada Ibis
    Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves
    352
  • Egyptian Goose
    Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    338
  • Southern Red Bishop
    Euplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    312
  • African Stonechat
    Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    297
  • African Pied Starling
    Lamprotornis bicolor (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    286
  • Cape Crow
    Corvus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves
    285

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.4
Largest event
2012-05-27

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)