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PZB

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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PACSA

Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action

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PCB

Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business

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PMCB

Pietermaritzburg Midlands Chamber of Business

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PACSA

Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action

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PMES

Pietermaritzburg Model Engineering Society

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UNP

University of Natal Pietermaritzburg

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FAPM

Pietermaritzburg-Oribi, South Africa

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PMB

Pietermaritzburg

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Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu is the name used for the district municipality. Pietermaritzburg is popularly called Maritzburg in Afrikaans, English and Zulu alike, and often informally abbreviated to PMB. It is a regionally important industrial hub, producing aluminium, timber and dairy products, as well as the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality. The public sector is a major employer in the city due to local, district and provincial governments located here. The city has many schools and tertiary education institutions, including a campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It had a population of 228,549 in 1991; the current population is estimated at over 600,000 residents (including neighbouring townships) and has one of the largest populations of Indian South Africans in South Africa. Pietermaritzburg is an emerging metropolitan area.

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    A Union of Soviet Standards Republics
    B Union of Soviet Socialist Russians
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