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) Natal, South Africa can refer to: * Natalia Republic, a Boer republic (1839–1843) * Colony of Natal, a British colony (1843–1910) * Natal (province), a province of South Africa (1910–1994) * KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa (1994– ...

, 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, a former British colony (1843–1910) ** Natal (province), 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 Natal ( fa, ناتل, also Romanized as Nātal and Nātel) is a village in Natel Kenar-e Olya Rural District, in the Central District of Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and al ...

, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Natal, British Columbia Natal is a former coal-mining community in the Elk Valley of the Rocky Mountains in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the Southern Mainline of the Canadian Pacific Railway, as of 1966 it became part of the District ...

, a coal-mining community in the East Kootenay region of Canada

Biology

* Of or relating to birth **

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 The Natal banana frog (''Afrixalus spinifrons'') is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in South Africa and possibly Lesotho. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater m ...

, a species of frog (''Afrixalus spinifrons'') * Natal dwarf puddle frog, 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, 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 The King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment (formerly the Natal Field Artillery) is an reserve artillery regiment of the South African Army. History The Natal Field Artillery was raised in 1862 as part of the Durban Volunteer Guard, and later beca ...

, 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, 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, Israel's Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War * Natal Observatory, 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, archdiocese in Brazil * University of Natal, South Africa {{Disambiguation, geo