ILembe District Municipality

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iLembe
District municipality
ILembe CoA.png
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Map of South Africa with iLembe highlighted (2011).svg
Location of ILembe District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°20′S31°17′E / 29.333°S 31.283°E / -29.333; 31.283
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat KwaDukuza
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorSibusiso Welcome Mdabe
Area
 • Total3,269 km2 (1,262 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total606,809
 • Density190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 90.8%
 •  Coloured 0.5%
 •  Indian/Asian 5.9%
 •  White 2.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Zulu 82.2%
 •  English 9.6%
 •  Xhosa 3.3%
 •  Southern Ndebele 1.2%
 • Other3.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC29

iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza. [3] The majority (82%) of its 606,809 people speak isiZulu as their first language (2011 census). The district code is DC29. It was formerly named the King Shaka District Municipality. [4]

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

iLembe is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
KwaDukuza 231 18738.10%
Ndwedwe 140 82023.21%
Mandeni 138 07822.75%
Maphumulo 96 72415.94%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Zulu 496 83482.18%
English 58 2279.63%
Xhosa 20 0053.31%
Ndebele 7 1451.18%
Afrikaans 5 2100.86%
Other 4 4650.74%
Sign language4 3400.72%
Tswana 3 1560.52%
Tsonga 1 9160.32%
Sotho 1 0620.18%
Swati 6240.10%
Venda 2610.04%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female317 80152.37%
Male289 00947.63%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African550 75890.76%
Indian/Asian35 9115.92%
White14 7132.42%
Coloured3 2220.53%
Other2 2050.36%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00463 17211.27%
005 - 00970 47212.58%
010 - 01471 67212.79%
015 - 01968 76912.27%
020 - 02451 8639.25%
025 - 02944 4097.92%
030 - 03434 7676.20%
035 - 03932 3115.77%
040 - 04426 3644.70%
045 - 04921 2873.80%
050 - 05419 7083.52%
055 - 05914 5172.59%
060 - 06413 6142.43%
065 - 0699 8021.75%
070 - 0748 6111.54%
075 - 0794 5330.81%
080 - 0842 9090.52%
085 - 0898760.16%
090 - 0944200.07%
095 - 0992480.04%
100 plus850.02%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 78 34347.06%
Inkhata Freedom Party 69 11041.52%
Democratic Alliance 10 3116.19%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 1131.27%
United Democratic Movement 1 2140.73%
Minority Front 7270.44%
New National Party 5700.34%
Azanian People's Organisation 5670.34%
UF 5420.33%
Independent Democrats 4660.28%
Freedom Front Plus 4010.24%
United Christian Democratic Party 3310.20%
Pan African Congress 3160.19%
SOPA 2800.17%
CDP 2470.15%
EMSA 2280.14%
PJC 2090.13%
KISS 1500.09%
NA 1330.08%
TOP 1200.07%
NLP 820.05%
Total166 460100.00%

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "ILembe District Municipality". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  4. ↑ "Ilembe Case Study" (PDF). The Water Dialogues. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
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