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Resort town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Margate is a town of 27,000 people (2011) in KwaZulu-Natal on the east coast of South Africa. Margate is one of the most visited tourist destinations in South Africa and had the third highest inflow of new visitors in December 2019 in South Africa after Plettenberg Bay and Mossel Bay in the Western Cape Province.
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Caravan park and camping
The main shopping mall with all the usual stores and facilities.
It lies 15 km south-west of Port Shepstone and 127 km southwest of Durban.
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