Umzinyathi District Municipality

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Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Dundee
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorMbangiseni Shadrack Yengwa
Area
  Total
8,589 km2 (3,316 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
510,838
  Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 96.6%
   Coloured 0.5%
   Indian/Asian 1.3%
   White 1.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
   Zulu 91.0%
   English 3.1%
   Sotho 2.3%
   Afrikaans 1.0%
  Other2.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC24

The Umzinyathi District Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wesiFunda sase Umzinyathi) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Dundee. As of 2011, a majority of its 456,452 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC24

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Umzinyathi is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
Msinga 168 02236.81%
Nqutu 145 03331.77%
Umvoti 92 29220.22%
Endumeni 51 11011.20%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
IsiZulu 422 80192.63%
Sesotho 13 2412.90%
English 12 0252.63%
Afrikaans 4 8431.06%
IsiNdebele 9370.21%
IsiXhosa 6450.14%
Sepedi 6340.14%
Other 6180.14%
SiSwati 4590.10%
Setswana 1720.04%
Xitsonga 510.01%
Tshivenda 310.01%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female255 66056.01%
Male200 79243.99%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African439 88996.37%
White7 3361.61%
Indian/Asian6 5931.44%
Coloured2 6340.58%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00460 15913.18%
005 - 00967 63014.82%
010 - 01466 99414.68%
015 - 01959 15612.96%
020 - 02436 0227.89%
025 - 02927 8216.10%
030 - 03422 8305.00%
035 - 03922 2114.87%
040 - 04418 0513.95%
045 - 04916 1823.55%
050 - 05413 9353.05%
055 - 05910 8102.37%
060 - 06410 5312.31%
065 - 0697 6121.67%
070 - 0747 3451.61%
075 - 0794 2530.93%
080 - 0843 2520.71%
085 - 0898960.20%
090 - 0943910.09%
095 - 0992740.06%
100 plus970.02%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
Inkhata Freedom Party 79 54464.83%
African National Congress 29 61824.14%
Democratic Alliance 6 8845.61%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 9171.56%
United Democratic Movement 7390.60%
Freedom Front Plus 6450.53%
New National Party 5770.47%
Azanian People's Organisation 3510.29%
Minority Front 3030.25%
Independent Democrats 2910.24%
PJC 2400.20%
Pan African Congress 2260.18%
United Christian Democratic Party 2020.16%
SOPA 1810.15%
CDP 1730.14%
KISS 1720.14%
UF 1480.12%
NA 1470.12%
EMSA 1330.11%
TOP 1280.10%
NLP 700.06%
Total122 689100.00%

See also

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 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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