Places
As a place name, Natal usually relates to the Portuguese (and subsequently Indonesian) word for Christmas. For example, Vasco da Gama named the South African region of Natal after passing there on Christmas Day 1497, and the village that became Natal, Brazil, was founded on Christmas Day 1599. See also Christmas Island (disambiguation).
- Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
- Mandailing Natal Regency, a regency in Indonesia
- Natal, North Sumatra, a town in the above regency
- Batang Natal, North Sumatra, a town in the above regency
- Natal, British Columbia, a coal-mining community in the East Kootenay region of Canada
- Natal, South Africa, a region in South Africa
- Natal Province, a former province (1910–1994)
- Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843)
- Colony of Natal, a former British colony (1843–1910)
- KwaZulu-Natal, a province (since 1994)
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