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: eThekwini to the southeast (Durban) iLembe to the east (DC29) Sisonke to the southwest (DC43) Ugu to the south (DC21) Umzinyathi to the north (DC24) Uthukela to the northwest (DC23)
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%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.
LanguagePopulation%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%Other7,764 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 GenderPopulation%Female 531,843 52.26%Male 485,920 47.74%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 862,543 84.75%Indian/Asian 68,029 6.68%White 63,935 6.28%Coloured 20,538 2.02%
Age AgePopulation%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 PartyVotes%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 Municipal Demarcation Board
References
External links Umgungundlovu DM Official Website (under construction)