Amajuba District Municipality

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Amajuba
North Umzimyathi
District municipality
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Map of South Africa with Amajuba highlighted (2011).svg
Location of Amajuba District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 27°45′S29°55′E / 27.750°S 29.917°E / -27.750; 29.917
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Newcastle
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorCllr V.V Bam
Area
 • Total
6,911 km2 (2,668 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [2]
 • Total
499,839
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 93.1%
 •  Coloured 0.7%
 •  Indian/Asian 2.6%
 •  White 3.4%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 87.5%
 •  English 5.2%
 •  Afrikaans 3.1%
 • Other4.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC25

The Amajuba District Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wesiFunda sase Amajuba) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Newcastle. As of 2011, a majority of its 468,040 inhabitants isiZulu. The district code is DC25

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Tourism

The Amajuba District is marketed as a battlefields tourism destination. Amajuba is an isiZulu name meaning “a place of doves”. The impis of King Shaka named the area Amajuba in 1825. The area is also the site of a battle in which the Boers defeated the British in 1881.

Geography

Hiking trail in Amajuba District. Newcastle Hiking Trail Landscape 01.jpg
Hiking trail in Amajuba District.

Neighbours

Amajuba is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Newcastle 332 97871.14% Zulu
Dannhauser 102 78621.96%Zulu
eMadlangeni 32 2766.90%Zulu

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Zulu 418 21589.35%
English 19 3884.14%
Afrikaans 17 8483.81%
Sotho 6 8971.47%
Swati 1 7150.37%
Xhosa 1 5980.34%
Other 7460.16%
Ndebele 7010.15%
Northern Sotho 4240.09%
Tswana 3470.07%
Tsonga 1030.02%
Venda 580.01%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female243 89152.11%
Male224 14947.89%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
African431 60992.22%
Caucasian21 4694.59%
Indian/Asian11 9282.55%
Coloured3 0340.65%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00452 10211.13%
005 - 00956 84112.14%
010 - 01456 91212.16%
015 - 01956 81512.14%
020 - 02445 7859.78%
025 - 02938 0318.13%
030 - 03430 1306.44%
035 - 03927 4875.87%
040 - 04425 0405.35%
045 - 04920 8814.46%
050 - 05416 3843.50%
055 - 05911 8582.53%
060 - 06410 3782.22%
065 - 0697 2851.56%
070 - 0745 4141.16%
075 - 0793 1070.66%
080 - 0842 4000.51%
085 - 0896810.15%
090 - 0943000.06%
095 - 0991380.03%
100 plus710.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Amajuba in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 54 14245.75%
Inkhata Freedom Party 42 52935.94%
Democratic Alliance 12 13410.25%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 7992.37%
United Democratic Movement 1 5151.28%
Freedom Front Plus 1 0530.89%
New National Party 7280.62%
Azanian People's Organisation 4970.42%
Minority Front 4560.39%
Pan African Congress 4240.36%
UF 4080.34%
Independent Democrats 3660.31%
United Christian Democratic Party 2050.17%
NA 1730.15%
SOPA 1680.14%
PJC 1590.13%
CDP 1570.13%
TOP 1370.12%
EMSA 1310.11%
KISS 1020.09%
NLP 610.05%
Total118 344100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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