Umzinyathi District Municipality
District municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Location in South Africa
List
- Endumeni
- Nquthu
- Msinga
- Umvoti
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(2011)[2]
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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
Geography
Neighbours
Umzinyathi is surrounded by:
- Amajuba in the north (DC25)
- Zululand in the north-east (DC26)
- uThungulu in the east (DC28)
- iLembe in the south-east (DC29)
- uMgungundlovu in the south-west (DC22)
- Uthukela in the west (DC23)
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.
- Population 18 and over: 224 263 [49.13% of total population]
- Total votes: 122 689 [26.88% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 54.71% votes as a % of population 18 and over
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
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
External links
- Official Website
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Ugu | |
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Umgungundlovu | |
Uthukela | |
Umzinyathi | |
Amajuba | |
Zululand | |
Umkhanyakude | |
King Cetshwayo | |
iLembe | |
Harry Gwala |
28°10′S 30°13′E / 28.167°S 30.217°E / -28.167; 30.217
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