Umgungundlovu District Municipality

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uMgungundlovu
Indlovu District
District municipality
UMgungundlovu CoA.png
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 29°35′S30°22′E / 29.583°S 30.367°E / -29.583; 30.367
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Pietermaritzburg
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorThobekile Maphumulo
Area
 • Total9,513 km2 (3,673 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total1,017,763
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 84.7%
 •  Coloured 2.0%
 •  Indian/Asian 6.7%
 •  White 6.3%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 76.4%
 •  English 15.3%
 •  Xhosa 1.9%
 •  Sotho 1.7%
 • Other4.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC22

uMgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of uMgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 1 million+ residents speak Zulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC22.

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Geography

Neighbours

uMgungundlovu is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
Msunduzi 618,53660.77%
uMshwathi 106,37410.46%
uMngeni 92,7109.11%
Richmond 65,7936.46%
Mkhambathini 63,1426.20%
Mpofana 38,1033.75%
Impendle 33,1053.25%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Zulu 762,75176.4%
English 152,98115.3%
Xhosa 18,9061.9%
Sotho 17,3441.7%
Afrikaans 15,7291.6%
Ndebele 10,0511.0%
Other 7,7640.8%
Tswana 4,5210.45%
Northern Sotho 1,9040.2%
Swati 4820.05%
Tsonga 4700.05%
Venda 3420.03%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female531,84352.26%
Male485,92047.74%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African862,54384.75%
Indian/Asian68,0296.68%
White63,9356.28%
Coloured20,5382.02%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00487 3689.42%
005 - 00998 50910.62%
010 - 014102 97311.10%
015 - 019104 57411.27%
020 - 02492 1409.93%
025 - 02987 9229.48%
030 - 03468 3347.36%
035 - 03961 4876.63%
040 - 04450 6725.46%
045 - 04943 1484.65%
050 - 05436 1573.90%
055 - 05925 4342.74%
060 - 06422 4122.42%
065 - 06915 9801.72%
070 - 07413 7921.49%
075 - 0798 0790.87%
080 - 0845 7690.62%
085 - 0891 8340.20%
090 - 0947980.09%
095 - 0993210.03%
100 plus1310.01%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 181 75364.68%
Inkhata Freedom Party 46 68716.62%
Democratic Alliance 30 91011.00%
African Christian Democratic Party 6 0852.17%
United Democratic Movement 3 5311.26%
Independent Democrats 3 4501.23%
Minority Front 2 1060.75%
New National Party 1 7230.61%
Freedom Front Plus 8480.30%
Pan African Congress 6730.24%
Azanian People's Organisation 6270.22%
United Christian Democratic Party 5300.19%
SOPA 3630.13%
CDP 3620.13%
UF 2860.10%
NA 2140.08%
EMSA 2090.07%
TOP 2060.07%
PJC 2000.07%
KISS 1540.05%
NLP 740.03%
Total280 991100.00%

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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