Ugu is one of the 11 districts

Districts of South Africa

South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...

 of KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 province of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. Ugu is Zulu

Zulu language

Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...

 for "coast". The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 704 001 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC21.

Neighbours

Ugu is surrounded by:

• Umgungundlovu
  Umgungundlovu District Municipality
  Umgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Umgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 927 834 people speak Zulu...
  
   to the north (DC22)
• eThekwini
  Ethekwini
  eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality created in 2000 that includes the city of Durban, South Africa and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The majority of its 3,090,126 people speak Zulu...
  
   to the north-east (Durban)
• the Indian Ocean
  Indian Ocean
  The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
  
   to the east
• OR Tambo
  OR Tambo District Municipality
  OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha . The vast majority of its 1 676 463 people speak Xhosa . The district is named after Oliver Tambo...
  
   in Eastern Cape
  Eastern Cape
  The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
  
   to the south-west (DC15)
• Sisonke
  Sisonke District Municipality
  Sisonke is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of Sisonke is Ixopo. The majority of its 298 392 people speak IsiZulu...
  
   to the west (DC43)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities

Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...

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Local municipality	Population	%
Hibiscus Coast Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality is a local municipality in South Africa. It is the economic hub of the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The area attracts tourists from KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces as well as international tourists.Beaches of world-class quality are...	218 168	30.99%
Umzumbe Umzumbe Local Municipality Umzumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River....	193 764	27.52%
uMuziwabantu UMuziwabantu Local Municipality uMuziwabantu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Umuziwabantu is an isiZulu name meaning "the people's home", or a home with wide open doors where everyone is welcome....	92 322	13.11%
Vulamehlo Vulamehlo Local Municipality Vulamehlo Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal. It is located south of the eThekwini municipality and is bordered by uMdoni to the east, Mkhambathini and Richmond to the north and Ubuhlebezwe to the west. There is an almost equal split of land...	83 045	11.80%
uMdoni UMdoni Local Municipality uMdoni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umdoni is an isiZulu name for the indegeous tree, Mdoni ....	62 290	8.85%
Ezingoleni	54 427	7.73%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

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Language	Population	%
IsiZulu	616 610	87.59%
English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	49 644	7.05%
IsiXhosa	22 890	3.25%
Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...	9 937	1.41%
IsiNdebele	1 556	0.22%
Sesotho	860	0.12%
Sepedi	818	0.12%
Other	671	0.10%
SiSwati	535	0.08%
Setswana	325	0.05%
Xitsonga	95	0.01%
Tshivenda	75	0.01%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	383 663	54.50%
Male	320 338	45.50%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	645 985	91.76%
White	28 740	4.08%
Indian/Asian	24 058	3.42%
Coloured	5 218	0.74%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	76 009	10.80%
005 - 009	91 171	12.95%
010 - 014	94 511	13.42%
015 - 019	90 364	12.84%
020 - 024	60 699	8.62%
025 - 029	49 685	7.06%
030 - 034	39 537	5.62%
035 - 039	38 238	5.43%
040 - 044	32 451	4.61%
045 - 049	25 936	3.68%
050 - 054	24 122	3.43%
055 - 059	19 163	2.72%
060 - 064	18 861	2.68%
065 - 069	15 046	2.14%
070 - 074	13 976	1.99%
075 - 079	6 998	0.99%
080 - 084	4 522	0.64%
085 - 089	1 631	0.23%
090 - 094	688	0.10%
095 - 099	291	0.04%
100 plus	102	0.01%

Election results

Election results for Ugu in the South African general election, 2004

South African general election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....

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• Population 18 and over: 385 659 [54.78% of total population]
• Total votes: 216 751 [30.79% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 56.20% votes as a % of population 18 and over

  Party	Votes	%
  African National Congress African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...	124 925	57.64%
  Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...	59 740	27.56%
  Democratic Alliance	17 121	7.90%
  African Christian Democratic Party	3 678	1.70%
  Minority Front	2 245	1.04%
  United Democratic Movement	1 715	0.79%
  Independent Democrats	1 218	0.56%
  Freedom Front Plus	1 049	0.48%
  New National Party	842	0.39%
  Azanian People's Organisation	768	0.35%
  Pan African Congress	480	0.22%
  SOPA	448	0.21%
  United Christian Democratic Party	424	0.20%
  EMSA	382	0.18%
  UF	380	0.18%
  PJC	349	0.16%
  CDP	281	0.13%
  TOP	265	0.12%
  NA	183	0.08%
  KISS	155	0.07%
  NLP	103	0.05%
  Total	216 751	100.00%