Umgungundlovu District Municipality

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A map of South Africa showing Umgungundlovu (within KwaZulu-Natal province)
A map of South Africa showing Umgungundlovu (within KwaZulu-Natal province)

Umgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Umgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 927 834 people speak Zulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC22

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbors

Umgungundlovu is surrounded by:

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
Msunduzi 553 227 59.63%
uMshwathi 108 034 11.64%
uMngeni 73 895 7.96%
Richmond 63 219 6.81%
Mkhambathini 59 068 6.37%
Mooi Mpofana 36 819 3.97%
Impendle 33 573 3.62%
Highmoor/Kamberg Park 7 0.00%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Zulu 733 569 79.06%
English 149 950 16.16%
Xhosa 14 184 1.53%
Afrikaans 12 409 1.34%
Sotho 9 665 1.04%
Other 2 814 0.30%
Ndebele 2 065 0.22%
Northern Sotho 1 184 0.13%
Swati 872 0.09%
Tswana 791 0.09%
Tsonga 208 0.02%
Venda 131 0.01%

[edit] Gender

Gender Population %
Female 489 478 52.75%
Male 438 356 47.25%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 767 145 82.68%
Indian/Asian 73 083 7.88%
White 67 103 7.23%
Coloured 20 503 2.21%

[edit] 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%

[edit] Politics

[edit] 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%

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Province of KwaZulu-Natal

 KwaZulu-Natal Coat of Arms
Provincial Capital:

Pietermaritzburg
Major Metros:

eThekwini (includes Durban)
District Municipalities:

Ugu | Umgungundlovu | Uthukela | Umzinyathi | Amajuba | Zululand | Umkhanyakude | uThungulu | iLembe | Sisonke
Local Municipalities:

Amajuba | Zululand | Umkhanyakude | uThungulu | Umzinyathi | Uthukela | Umgungundlovu | iLembe | eThekwini | Ugu | Sisonke |
Smaller Cities:

Empangeni | Kokstad | Ladysmith | Newcastle | Port Shepstone | Richards Bay | KwaDukuza | Tongaat | Vryheid
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