The Zululand District Municipality () is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Ulundi. As of 2011, a majority of its 803,575 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC26.

Geography

Neighbours Zululand is surrounded by: Amajuba to the north-west (DC25) Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north (DC30) The kingdom of Eswatini to the north Umkhanyakude to the east (DC27) Umzinyathi to the south-west (DC24) uThungulu to the south (DC28)

Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Ulundi 212 972 26.47%Nongoma 198 447 24.67%Abaqulusi 191 020 23.75%uPhongolo 119 786 14.89%eDumbe 82 241 10.22%

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%IsiZulu 779,206 96.86%Afrikaans 11,382 1.41%English 5,246 0.65%Sesotho 2,297 0.29%IsiNdebele 1,684 0.21%IsiXhosa 1,130 0.14%Sepedi 980 0.12%SiSwati 946 0.12%Other916 0.11%Setswana 409 0.05%Xitsonga 142 0.02%Tshivenda 128 0.02%

Gender GenderPopulation%Female 434 244 53.98%Male 370 212 46.02%

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%African 788 551 98.02%White 13 769 1.71%Coloured 1 521 0.19%Indian/Asian 615 0.08%

Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 103 541 2%005 - 009 116 193 14.44%010 - 014 119 925 14.91%015 - 019 111 383 13.85%020 - 024 69 637 8.66%025 - 029 50 739 6.31%030 - 034 40 514 5.04%035 - 039 38 739 4.82%040 - 044 33 628 4.18%045 - 049 27 697 3.44%050 - 054 21 735 2.70%055 - 059 16 125 2.00%060 - 064 16 825 2.09%065 - 069 12 309 1.53%070 - 074 11 606 1.44%075 - 079 6 390 0.79%080 - 084 4 962 0.62%085 - 089 1 300 0.16%090 - 094 647 0.08%095 - 099 440 0.05%100 plus 121 0.02%

Politics

Election results Election results for Zululand in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 394 233 [49.01% of total population] Total votes: 218 270 [27.13% of total population] Voting % estimate: 55.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%Inkatha Freedom Party 169 028 77.44% African National Congress 32 688 14.98% Democratic Alliance 8 831 4.05% African Christian Democratic Party 2 379 1.09% United Democratic Movement 1 025 0.47% Freedom Front Plus 845 0.39% New National Party 531 0.24% Independent Democrats 483 0.22% Azanian People's Organisation 365 0.17% Pan African Congress 231 0.11% Keep It Straight and Simple Party 220 0.10% United Christian Democratic Party 220 0.10% Peace and Justice Congress 210 0.10% Socialist Party of Azania 188 0.09% Christian Democratic Party 169 0.08% TOP 167 0.08% NA 160 0.07% EMSA 155 0.07% Minority Front 152 0.07% UF 141 0.06% New Labour Party 82 0.04% Total 218 270 100.00%

See also Municipal Demarcation Board

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