Umgungundlovu District Municipality

This article is about the modern-day administrative division. For the historical Zulu capital, see uMgungundlovu.
uMgungundlovu
Indlovu District
District municipality
Official seal of uMgungundlovu
Seal
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 29°35′S 30°22′E / 29.583°S 30.367°E / -29.583; 30.367
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
SeatPietermaritzburg
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorThobekile Maphumulo
Area
 • Total
9,513 km2 (3,673 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
1,017,763
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African84.7%
 • Coloured2.0%
 • Indian/Asian6.7%
 • White6.3%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Zulu76.4%
 • English15.3%
 • Xhosa1.9%
 • Sotho1.7%
 • Other4.7%
Time zoneUTC+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.

Geography

Neighbours

uMgungundlovu is surrounded by:

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

References

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