iLembe District Municipality

iLembe
District municipality

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Location of ILembe District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°20′S 31°17′E / 29.333°S 31.283°ECoordinates: 29°20′S 31°17′E / 29.333°S 31.283°E
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat KwaDukuza
Local municipalities
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Sibusiso Welcome Mdabe
Area
 • Total 3,269 km2 (1,262 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 606,809
 • Density 190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 90.8%
 • Coloured 0.5%
 • Indian/Asian 5.9%
 • White 2.4%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 82.2%
 • English 9.6%
 • Xhosa 3.3%
 • Southern Ndebele 1.2%
 • Other 3.7%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC29

iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza.[4] The majority of its 560 409 people speak Zulu (2001 census). The district code is DC29. It was formerly named the King Shaka District Municipality.[5]

Geography

Neighbours

iLembe is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
KwaDukuza 158 586 28.30%
Ndwedwe 152 490 27.21%
Mandeni 128 670 22.96%
Maphumulo 120 640 21.53%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Zulu 484 402 86.44%
English 48 297 8.62%
Xhosa 20 004 3.57%
Afrikaans 3 578 0.64%
Ndebele 1 184 0.21%
Other 707 0.13%
Northern Sotho 693 0.12%
Swati 427 0.08%
Tsonga 408 0.07%
Sotho 379 0.07%
Tswana 251 0.04%
Venda 56 0.01%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 299 572 53.46%
Male 260 837 46.54%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 509 951 91.00%
Indian/Asian 37 462 6.68%
White 10 406 1.86%
Coloured 2 590 0.46%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 63 172 11.27%
005 - 009 70 472 12.58%
010 - 014 71 672 12.79%
015 - 019 68 769 12.27%
020 - 024 51 863 9.25%
025 - 029 44 409 7.92%
030 - 034 34 767 6.20%
035 - 039 32 311 5.77%
040 - 044 26 364 4.70%
045 - 049 21 287 3.80%
050 - 054 19 708 3.52%
055 - 059 14 517 2.59%
060 - 064 13 614 2.43%
065 - 069 9 802 1.75%
070 - 074 8 611 1.54%
075 - 079 4 533 0.81%
080 - 084 2 909 0.52%
085 - 089 876 0.16%
090 - 094 420 0.07%
095 - 099 248 0.04%
100 plus 85 0.02%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
African National Congress 78 343 47.06%
Inkhata Freedom Party 69 110 41.52%
Democratic Alliance 10 311 6.19%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 113 1.27%
United Democratic Movement 1 214 0.73%
Minority Front 727 0.44%
New National Party 570 0.34%
Azanian People's Organisation 567 0.34%
UF 542 0.33%
Independent Democrats 466 0.28%
Freedom Front Plus 401 0.24%
United Christian Democratic Party 331 0.20%
Pan African Congress 316 0.19%
SOPA 280 0.17%
CDP 247 0.15%
EMSA 228 0.14%
PJC 209 0.13%
KISS 150 0.09%
NA 133 0.08%
TOP 120 0.07%
NLP 82 0.05%
Total 166 460 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, age in 5 year groups and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, language and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.ilembe.gov.za/default.aspx?pid=29
  5. ↑ "Ilembe Case Study". The Water Dialogues. p. 10. Retrieved 2013-03-16.

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