Umgungundlovu District Municipality

This article is about the modern-day administrative division. For the historical Zulu capital, see uMgungundlovu.

uMgungundlovu Indlovu District
District municipality
Seal
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	List uMshwathi uMngeni Mpofana Impendle Msunduzi Mkhambathini Richmond
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thobekile Maphumulo
Area
• Total	9,513 km2 (3,673 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	1,017,763
• Density	110/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%
• Other	4.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC22

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.

Geography

Neighbours

uMgungundlovu is surrounded by:

• eThekwini to the southeast (Durban)
• iLembe to the east (DC29)
• Sisonke to the southwest (DC43)
• Ugu to the south (DC21)
• Umzinyathi to the north (DC24)
• Uthukela to the northwest (DC23)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Msunduzi	618,536	60.77%
uMshwathi	106,374	10.46%
uMngeni	92,710	9.11%
Richmond	65,793	6.46%
Mkhambathini	63,142	6.20%
Mpofana	38,103	3.75%
Impendle	33,105	3.25%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language	Population	%
Zulu	762,751	76.4%
English	152,981	15.3%
Xhosa	18,906	1.9%
Sotho	17,344	1.7%
Afrikaans	15,729	1.6%
Ndebele	10,051	1.0%
Other	7,764	0.8%
Tswana	4,521	0.45%
Northern Sotho	1,904	0.2%
Swati	482	0.05%
Tsonga	470	0.05%
Venda	342	0.03%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	531,843	52.26%
Male	485,920	47.74%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	862,543	84.75%
Indian/Asian	68,029	6.68%
White	63,935	6.28%
Coloured	20,538	2.02%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	87 368	9.42%
005 - 009	98 509	10.62%
010 - 014	102 973	11.10%
015 - 019	104 574	11.27%
020 - 024	92 140	9.93%
025 - 029	87 922	9.48%
030 - 034	68 334	7.36%
035 - 039	61 487	6.63%
040 - 044	50 672	5.46%
045 - 049	43 148	4.65%
050 - 054	36 157	3.90%
055 - 059	25 434	2.74%
060 - 064	22 412	2.42%
065 - 069	15 980	1.72%
070 - 074	13 792	1.49%
075 - 079	8 079	0.87%
080 - 084	5 769	0.62%
085 - 089	1 834	0.20%
090 - 094	798	0.09%
095 - 099	321	0.03%
100 plus	131	0.01%

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 575 772 [62.06% of total population]
• Total votes: 280 991 [30.28% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 48.80% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	181 753	64.68%
Inkhata Freedom Party	46 687	16.62%
Democratic Alliance	30 910	11.00%
African Christian Democratic Party	6 085	2.17%
United Democratic Movement	3 531	1.26%
Independent Democrats	3 450	1.23%
Minority Front	2 106	0.75%
New National Party	1 723	0.61%
Freedom Front Plus	848	0.30%
Pan African Congress	673	0.24%
Azanian People's Organisation	627	0.22%
United Christian Democratic Party	530	0.19%
SOPA	363	0.13%
CDP	362	0.13%
UF	286	0.10%
NA	214	0.08%
EMSA	209	0.07%
TOP	206	0.07%
PJC	200	0.07%
KISS	154	0.05%
NLP	74	0.03%
Total	280 991	100.00%

See also

• Municipal Demarcation Board

References

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

External links

• Umgungundlovu DM Official Website (under construction)