Umzinyathi District Municipality

uMzinyathi
District municipality

Seal

Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Dundee
Local municipalities
Government[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Mbangiseni Shadrack Yengwa
Area
  Total 8,589 km2 (3,316 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
  Total 510,838
  Density 59/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)[3]
  Zulu 91.0%
  English 3.1%
  Sotho 2.3%
  Afrikaans 1.0%
  Other 2.6%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC24

uMzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uMzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC24

Geography

Neighbours

Umzinyathi is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
Msinga 168 022 36.81%
Nqutu 145 033 31.77%
Umvoti 92 292 20.22%
Endumeni 51 110 11.20%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
IsiZulu 422 801 92.63%
Sesotho 13 241 2.90%
English 12 025 2.63%
Afrikaans 4 843 1.06%
IsiNdebele 937 0.21%
IsiXhosa 645 0.14%
Sepedi 634 0.14%
Other 618 0.14%
SiSwati 459 0.10%
Setswana 172 0.04%
Xitsonga 51 0.01%
Tshivenda 31 0.01%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 255 660 56.01%
Male 200 792 43.99%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 439 889 96.37%
White 7 336 1.61%
Indian/Asian 6 593 1.44%
Coloured 2 634 0.58%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 60 159 13.18%
005 - 009 67 630 14.82%
010 - 014 66 994 14.68%
015 - 019 59 156 12.96%
020 - 024 36 022 7.89%
025 - 029 27 821 6.10%
030 - 034 22 830 5.00%
035 - 039 22 211 4.87%
040 - 044 18 051 3.95%
045 - 049 16 182 3.55%
050 - 054 13 935 3.05%
055 - 059 10 810 2.37%
060 - 064 10 531 2.31%
065 - 069 7 612 1.67%
070 - 074 7 345 1.61%
075 - 079 4 253 0.93%
080 - 084 3 252 0.71%
085 - 089 896 0.20%
090 - 094 391 0.09%
095 - 099 274 0.06%
100 plus 97 0.02%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
Inkhata Freedom Party 79 544 64.83%
African National Congress 29 618 24.14%
Democratic Alliance 6 884 5.61%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 917 1.56%
United Democratic Movement 739 0.60%
Freedom Front Plus 645 0.53%
New National Party 577 0.47%
Azanian People's Organisation 351 0.29%
Minority Front 303 0.25%
Independent Democrats 291 0.24%
PJC 240 0.20%
Pan African Congress 226 0.18%
United Christian Democratic Party 202 0.16%
SOPA 181 0.15%
CDP 173 0.14%
KISS 172 0.14%
UF 148 0.12%
NA 147 0.12%
EMSA 133 0.11%
TOP 128 0.10%
NLP 70 0.06%
Total 122 689 100.00%

See also

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

Coordinates: 28°10′S 30°13′E / 28.167°S 30.217°E / -28.167; 30.217

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