Nature Positive Cities Efforts to Advance the Transition Durban 2024

Gross domestic product per capita $5,560Durban, or the eThekwini Municipality, is located on the southeastern coast of South Africa.3,4,5 It is the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest in South Africa. It is home to 4.1 million people, spanning an area of around 2,500 square kilometres (km2), with over 4,000 km of rivers and almost 100 km of coastline. Topographically, Durban features hilly terrain in the west and a flat coastal plain in the east.61 City overview 1.1 Durban/eThekwini MunicipalityPopulation density 2,625 people per square kilometre (p/km2) in 2024 Population 4.1 million people Surface area 2,580 km2 Nature Positive: Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition 11