UThungulu District Municipality
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uThungulu is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uThungulu is Richard's Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC28
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Neighbours
uThungulu is surrounded by:
- iLembe (DC29)
- Umkhanyakude (DC27)
- Umzinyathi (DC24)
- Zululand (DC26)
[edit] Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % |
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uMhlathuze | 289 187 | 32.64% |
uMlalazi | 221 077 | 24.95% |
Nkandla | 133 596 | 15.08% |
Mbonambi | 106 949 | 12.07% |
Ntambanana | 84 772 | 9.57% |
Mthonjaneni | 50 382 | 5.69% |
[edit] Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
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IsiZulu | 829 039 | 93.58% |
English | 31 146 | 3.52% |
Afrikaans | 18 086 | 2.04% |
IsiNdebele | 1 709 | 0.19% |
IsiXhosa | 1 267 | 0.14% |
Sepedi | 1 051 | 0.12% |
SiSwati | 1 016 | 0.11% |
Other | 825 | 0.09% |
Sesotho | 745 | 0.08% |
Xitsonga | 586 | 0.07% |
Setswana | 410 | 0.05% |
Tshivenda | 83 | 0.01% |
[edit] Gender
Gender | Population | % |
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Female | 476 161 | 53.75% |
Male | 409 783 | 46.25% |
[edit] Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Black African | 838 738 | 94.67% |
White | 31 934 | 3.60% |
Indian/Asian | 11 190 | 1.26% |
Coloured | 4 082 | 0.46% |
[edit] Age
Age | Population | % |
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000 - 004 | 105 292 | 11.88% |
005 - 009 | 117 338 | 13.24% |
010 - 014 | 116 678 | 13.17% |
015 - 019 | 111 828 | 12.62% |
020 - 024 | 83 146 | 9.39% |
025 - 029 | 70 038 | 7.91% |
030 - 034 | 53 829 | 6.08% |
035 - 039 | 49 667 | 5.61% |
040 - 044 | 42 568 | 4.80% |
045 - 049 | 32 552 | 3.67% |
050 - 054 | 26 991 | 3.05% |
055 - 059 | 18 608 | 2.10% |
060 - 064 | 18 550 | 2.09% |
065 - 069 | 13 065 | 1.47% |
070 - 074 | 11 970 | 1.35% |
075 - 079 | 6 094 | 0.69% |
080 - 084 | 4 904 | 0.55% |
085 - 089 | 1 458 | 0.16% |
090 - 094 | 767 | 0.09% |
095 - 099 | 475 | 0.05% |
100 plus | 126 | 0.01% |
[edit] Politics
[edit] Election results
Election results for uThungulu in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 477 576 [53.91% of total population]
- Total votes: 252 139 [28.46% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 52.80% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party | Votes | % |
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Inkhata Freedom Party | 150 187 | 59.57% |
African National Congress | 76 503 | 30.34% |
Democratic Alliance | 14 556 | 5.77% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 3 553 | 1.41% |
United Democratic Movement | 1 791 | 0.71% |
Freedom Front Plus | 773 | 0.31% |
Independent Democrats | 666 | 0.26% |
New National Party | 633 | 0.25% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 591 | 0.23% |
Pan African Congress | 419 | 0.17% |
SOPA | 306 | 0.12% |
CDP | 304 | 0.12% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 283 | 0.11% |
KISS | 253 | 0.10% |
Minority Front | 249 | 0.10% |
UF | 241 | 0.10% |
EMSA | 207 | 0.08% |
PJC | 200 | 0.08% |
NA | 172 | 0.07% |
TOP | 156 | 0.06% |
NLP | 96 | 0.04% |
Total | 252 139 | 100.00% |
[edit] External links
- UThungulu DM Official Website
- Municipal Demarcation Board
- Stats SA Census 2001 page
- Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results
Province of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Provincial Capital: | ||
Major Metros: | ||
District Municipalities: |
Ugu | Umgungundlovu | Uthukela | Umzinyathi | Amajuba | Zululand | Umkhanyakude | uThungulu | iLembe | Sisonke |
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Local Municipalities: |
Amajuba Zululand Umkhanyakude uThungulu Umzinyathi Uthukela Umgungundlovu iLembe eThekwini Ugu Sisonke |
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Smaller Cities: |
Empangeni | Kokstad | Ladysmith | Newcastle | Port Shepstone | Richards Bay | KwaDukuza | Tongaat | Vryheid |