Port Edward

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Port Edward

Coordinates-31.06°, 30.22°

Demographic figures from Statistics South Africa. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Port Edward is a small resort town situated on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and lies on the border between KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. It is situated on the R61 road between Port Shepstone and Lusikisiki.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in KwaZulu-Natal

• Nzimakwe
  3.4 mi away
• Umtentweni
  27.9 mi away
• Anerley
  31.3 mi away
• Harding
  38.8 mi away
• Kokstad
  59 mi away
• Franklin
  68.6 mi away
• Creighton
  74.6 mi away
• Donnybrook
  80.7 mi away
• Richmond
  81.8 mi away
• Byrne
  85 mi away
• Bulwer
  90.6 mi away · pop. 1,322
• Pinetown
  93.8 mi away

Browse all places in KwaZulu-Natal →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Climbing Saffron

Lauridia tetragona

Seen 2026-06-04

Rangaeris muscicola

Rangaeris muscicola

Seen 2026-06-04

Common Zebra Blue Complex

Leptotes pirithous

Seen 2026-06-03

Lily Borer

Brithys crini

Seen 2026-06-02

Common River Frog

Amietia delalandii

Seen 2026-05-31

Sundowner moth

Sphingomorpha chlorea

Seen 2026-05-31

pascuita

Euphorbia leucocephala

Seen 2026-05-30

Common Bush Brown

Bicyclus safitza

Seen 2026-05-30

Cockroach Berry

Solanum capsicoides

Seen 2026-05-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).