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Colenso (known in Zulu as eSkipeni - Place of the Boat) is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located on the southern bank of the Tugela River. The original settlement was contained within a loop on the river, but it subsequently expanded southwards and eastwards. It lies on the main Durban - Johannesburg railway line some north-west of Durban. == History == The settlement was established in 1855 at a Commando Drift,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colenso )〕〔Bulpin p 248〕 a ford on the Tugela River in the then Colony of Natal on the main road between Durban in the south and the South African Republic (now Gauteng Province) and Orange Free State to the north. The settlement was a stop-over point before or after fording the river (which is some 60 – 70 metres wide at that point).〔Measured using Google Earth〕 It was named after the Anglican bishop of Natal and champion of the Zulu cause, John William Colenso. On account of the ferry, the Zulu named the settlement ''eSkipeni'' - Place of the Boat.〔 In October 1879 the ford was replaced by the Bulwer Bridge, named after Sir Henry Bulwer, the then Lieutenant Governor of Natal. On 21 June 1886 the railway line from Durban to Ladysmith (20 km north of Colenso) which crossed the Tugela River at Colenso was opened.〔Bulpin, p 312〕 During the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) the town, being located at the point where the main north-south transport route crossed the main east-west river, was one of focal points in the relief of Ladysmith. In 1922 work commenced on the building of a power station which was to be the main industry of the town for many years. The settlement was proclaimed a township in 1926 and received borough status in 1958.〔 The power station was decommissioned in 1985 which caused a stagnation of the town. In 1990 the Colenso Municipality was granted a flag by the Bureau for Heraldy. The blazon described the flag as "''A regtangular ''()'' flag proportion 3:2, consisting of a black hoist panel 1/5 the length of the flag and a yellow charged with a blue fess wavy, thereupon another of white''".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Data of the Bureau of Heraldry on registered heraldic representations - Colenso Borough )〕 The Afrikaans language version of the grant also mentions a six-pointed white star in the canton of the flag. The colours black and yellow (old gold) are also the colours of the Escom club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Data of the Bureau of Heraldry on registered heraldic representations - Escom Club )〕 The blue and white wavy line almost certainly alures to the Tugela River. In the 1990s, the building of a new toll road between Durban and Johannesburg which crossed the Tugela some to the west of Colenso led to further stagnation as trade from through traffic was removed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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