NATAL or Natal may refer to:

Places

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Natal ( ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, located in northeastern Brazil. According to IBGE's 2021 estimate, the city had a total population o896,708 making it the 19th largest city in the country. Natal is a ...

, a city in Brazil * Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa **

Natalia Republic The Natalia Republic was a short-lived Boer republic founded in 1839 after a Voortrekker victory against the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River. The area was previously named ''Natália'' by Portuguese sailors, due to its discovery on Christma ...

, a former country (1839–1843) **

Colony of Natal The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to ...

, a former British colony (1843–1910) **

Natal (province) The Province of Natal (), commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. During this period rural areas inhabited by the black African population of Natal were organized into ...

, a former province (1910–1994) **

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

, a province (since 1994) *

Mandailing Natal Regency Mandailing Natal, abbreviated as Madina, is a regency in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 6,620.70 square kilometres and it had a population of 403,894 people at the 2010 census and 472,886 at the 2020 Census. The capital ...

, a regency in Indonesia ** Natal, North Sumatra, a town in the above regency * Natal, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Natal, British Columbia, a coal-mining community in the East Kootenay region of Canada

Biology

* Of or relating to

birth Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the f ...

Childbirth Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births globall ...

* Natal banana frog, a species of frog (''Afrixalus spinifrons'') *

Natal dwarf puddle frog The Natal dwarf puddle frog (''Phrynobatrachus natalensis'') is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of ...

, a species of frog (''Phrynobatrachus natalensis'') *

Natal ghost frog The Natal ghost frog (''Hadromophryne natalensis'') is a species of frog in the family Heleophrynidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Hadromophryne''. ''Hadromophryne natalensis'' is found in Lesotho, South Africa South Africa, ...

, a species of frog (''Heleophryne natalensis'') *

Natal sand frog The Natal sand frog (''Tomopterna natalensis'') is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini, and possibly Botswana, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist sa ...

, a species of frog (''Tomopterna natalensis'')

Military

Ingobamakhosi Carbineers The Ingobamakhosi Carbineers (formerly Natal Carbineers) is an infantry unit of the South African Army. History Origins The regiment traces its roots to 1854 but it was formally raised on 15 January 1855 and gazetted on 13 March of that year, ...

, an infantry regiment of the South African Army, formerly known as the Natal Carbineers * King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment, an artillery regiment of the South African Army, *

Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles The Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles (formerly the Natal Mounted Rifles) is an reserve armoured regiment of the South African Army. History Origin The original and accepted parent unit of the Natal Mounted Rifles is the Royal Durban Rangers which wa ...

, an armoured regiment of the South African Army, formerly known as the Natal Mounted Rifles *

Natal Native Contingent The Natal Native Contingent was a large force of auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa, forming a substantial portion of the defence forces of the British colony of Natal. The Contingent saw action during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. The Natal ...

, a large force of black auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War * ''Natal'' (ship), two warships

Sports

KwaZulu-Natal cricket team KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) in South Africa. For the purposes of the Sunfoil Series, KwaZulu-Natal is the only team that has not merged with another a ...

, South African cricket team * , the Natal rugby union team, South Africa

Other

* "Natal" (song), a 1991 single by Chico & Roberta *

Natal de Carvalho Baroni Natal de Carvalho Baroni, commonly known as Natal (born November 24, 1945), is a retired Brazilian football midfielder. He was born in Belo Horizonte. He is known for having played for Cruzeiro, where he won five straight Campeonato Mineiros, ...

(born 1945), Brazilian football player *

Natal Day NATAL or Natal may refer to: Places * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil * Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa ** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843) ** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ...

, a civic holiday in Canada *

NATAL Israel NATAL or Natal may refer to: Places * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil * Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa ** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843) ** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ( ...

, Israel's Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War *

Natal Observatory The Natal Observatory was an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal (now the KwaZulu-Natal province of the Republic of South Africa) from 1882 to 1911. The most important work carried out there was a study of the motion of the moon. ...

, an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal from 1882 to 1911 *

Apostolic Vicariate of Natal The Vicariate Apostolic of Natal ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Natalensis) was a Roman Catholic missionary, quasi-diocesan jurisdiction in South Africa. Antecedents The history of the Catholic Church in South Africa goes back to 1660, when a Frenc ...

, a former Catholic missionary jurisdiction, South Africa *

Kinect Kinect is a line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB cameras, and infrared projectors and detectors that map depth through either structured light or time of flig ...

(code name Project Natal), a motion-based control system for the Xbox 360 video game console *

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal ( la, Archidioecesis Natalensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Natal in Brazil. History * December 29, 1909: Established as the Diocese of Natal from the Diocese of Paraíba * February 16, 195 ...

, archdiocese in Brazil *

University of Natal The University of Natal was a university in the former South African province Natal which later became KwaZulu-Natal. The University of Natal no longer exists as a distinct legal entity, as it was incorporated into the University of KwaZulu-N ...

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