Natal

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 (1843–1910)
• Natal (province), a former province (1910–1994)
• KwaZulu-Natal, a province (since 1994)
• Mandailing Natal Regency, 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
• Childbirth
• Natal banana frog, a species of frog (Afrixalus spinifrons)
• Natal dwarf puddle frog, a species of frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis)
• Natal ghost frog, a species of frog (Heleophryne natalensis)
• Natal sand frog, a species of frog (Tomopterna natalensis)

Military

• Ingobamakhosi Carbineers, 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, 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, South African cricket team

Other

• "Natal" (song), a 1991 single by Chico & Roberta
• Natal de Carvalho Baroni (born 1945), Brazilian football player
• Natal Day, 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, a former Catholic missionary jurisdiction, South Africa
• Kinect (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