What is Colony of Natal?
{{Infobox Former Country |conventional_long_name = Colony of Natal |common_name = Natal |continent = Africa |region = Southern Africa |country = South Africa |era = Scramble for Africa |status = Colony |empire = United Kingdom |government_type = Constitutional monarchy |event_start = |year_start = 1843 |date_start = 4 May |event_end = |year_end = 1910 |date_end = |event1 = Annexed [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]] |date_event1 = 1897 |event_post = [[Natal Province]] est. |date_post = 31 May 1910 |p1 = Natalia Republic |flag_p1 = Flag_of_Natalia_Republic.svg |p2 = Zulu Kingdom |s1 = Union of South Africa |flag_s1 = South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg |image_flag = Flag of the Natal Colony 1875-1910.svg |flag = |image_coat = Arms of Natal 1907-1997.svg |symbol = |image_map = LocationNatalColony.svg |image_map_caption = |capital = Pietermaritzburg |national_motto = |national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]] |common_languages = [[Afrikaans]], [[English language|English]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]] |religion = [[Anglican]], [[Dutch Reformed Church|Dutch Reformed]], [[Hindu]], [[Presbyterian]], [[Roman Catholic]] |currency = |leader1 = [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]] |title_leader = [[List of British monarchs|Queen]] |representative1 = Henry Cloete |year_representative1 = 1843 |title_representative = Special Commissioner |today ={{flagcountry|ZAF}} |stat_year1 = 1904<ref name=britcensus>{{cite web|title=Census of the British empire. 1901|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030396067#page/n227/mode/2up|publisher=Openlibrary.org|access-date=26 December 2013|page=161|year=1906}}</ref> |stat_area1 = 91610 |stat_pop1 = 1108754 |footnotes = }} The '''Colony of Natal''' was a [[Crown colony|British colony]] in south-eastern [[Africa]]. It was formed on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the independent 1839 [[Boer]] [[Natalia Republic|Republic of Natalia]]. In the 1860s many workers from [[British India]] came to live in Natal. On 31 May 1910, it unified with th