Umgungundlovu District Municipality
Encyclopedia
Umgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities
("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal
province. The seat of Umgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg
. The majority of its 927 834 people speak Zulu
(2001 Census
). The district code is DC22
.
.
District municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government...
("districts") 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. The seat of Umgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...
. The majority of its 927 834 people speak 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...
(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...
). The district code is DC22
Neighbors
Umgungundlovu is surrounded by:- eThekwiniEthekwinieThekwini 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 southeast (Durban) - iLembeILembe District MunicipalityiLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza . The majority of its 560 409 people speak Zulu...
to the east (DC29) - SisonkeSisonke District MunicipalitySisonke 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 southwest (DC43) - UguUgu District MunicipalityUgu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 704 001 people speak IsiZulu...
to the south (DC21) - UmzinyathiUmzinyathi District MunicipalityUmzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of Umzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu...
to the north (DC24) - UthukelaUthukela District MunicipalityuThukela is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith. The majority of its 656 986 people speak IsiZulu...
to the northwest (DC23)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Msunduzi Msunduzi Local Municipality Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.Msunduzi... |
553 227 | 59.63% |
| uMshwathi UMshwathi Local Municipality uMshwathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the uMshwathi River that runs through the municipal area.It encompasses the following towns:* Wartburg... |
108 034 | 11.64% |
| uMngeni UMngeni Local Municipality uMngeni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Umgeni River that runs through the municipal area.It encompasses the following towns:* Howick* Hilton... |
73 895 | 7.96% |
| Richmond Richmond Local Municipality Richmond Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Richmond was named after the Earl of Richmond, father in law of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape from 1844 to 1847.... |
63 219 | 6.81% |
| Mkhambathini Mkhambathini Local Municipality Mkhambathini Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Mkhabathini is the isiZulu name for Table Mountain.... |
59 068 | 6.37% |
| Mpofana Mpofana Local Municipality Mpofana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.... |
36 819 | 3.97% |
| Impendle Impendle Local Municipality Impendle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.During the 18th century, the Griquas used to hide in the mountain in the area because they were accused of stealing livestock from the farmers who decided to fight them in order to... |
33 573 | 3.62% |
| Highmoor/Kamberg Park | 7 | 0.00% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 censusCensus
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...
.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 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... |
733 569 | 79.06% |
| 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... |
149 950 | 16.16% |
| Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said... |
14 184 | 1.53% |
| 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... |
12 409 | 1.34% |
| Sotho | 9 665 | 1.04% |
| Other | 2 814 | 0.30% |
| Ndebele Southern Ndebele language The Southern Ndebele language is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele . There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa:* the Northern Transvaal Ndebele or Nrebele... |
2 065 | 0.22% |
| Northern Sotho Northern Sotho language Northern Sotho , also inaccurately known by the name of a major dialect, Pedi or sePedi, is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people — in the South African provinces of Gauteng,... |
1 184 | 0.13% |
| Swati Swati language The Swazi or Swati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga and KaNgwane areas... |
872 | 0.09% |
| Tswana Tswana language Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi... |
791 | 0.09% |
| Tsonga Tsonga language The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.- Classification :Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages... |
208 | 0.02% |
| Venda Venda language Venda, also known as or , is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. The majority of Venda speakers live in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo Province, but about 10% of speakers live in Zimbabwe. The Venda language is related to Kalanga which is spoken in Botswana... |
131 | 0.01% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 489 478 | 52.75% |
| Male | 438 356 | 47.25% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 767 145 | 82.68% |
| Indian/Asian | 73 083 | 7.88% |
| White | 67 103 | 7.23% |
| Coloured | 20 503 | 2.21% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
Election results
Election results for Umgungundlovu in the South African general election, 2004South 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: 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
Party Votes % African National Congress African National CongressThe 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...
181 753 64.68% Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom PartyThe 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:...
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%