Umkhanyakude, named after the famous yellow-barked fever tree, literally meaning “seen from afar”, is the northernmost district in KwaZulu-Natal and contains many areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the St Lucia greater wetland park, Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay. Game parks include Hluhluwe-Umfolozi, Ndumu and Tembe Elephant Park. It is one of the 11 districts
of KwaZulu-Natal
province of South Africa
. It is a very rural District, the largest town being Mtubatuba in the South, with Hluhluwe, Mkuze, Jozini, Kwangwanase and Ingwavuma further to the north.
It is described as one of the two most deprived districts in South Africa according to the District Health Barometer. “Deprivation” is defined as a combination of indictors including unemployment rates, access to piped water and electricity, female-headed households with high numbers of children and low education levels, according to the Health Systems Trust which produces the Barometer.. The seat of Umkhanyakude is Mkuze. The majority of its 573 353 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census
). The district code is DC27.
Neighbours
Umkhanyakude is surrounded by:- The republic of MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
to the north - The Indian OceanIndian OceanThe 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 - uThunguluUThungulu District MunicipalityUthungulu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uThungulu is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu...
to the south (DC28) - ZululandZululand District MunicipalityZululand is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 804,456 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC26...
to the west (DC26) - the kingdom of SwazilandSwazilandSwaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Jozini Jozini Local Municipality Jozini is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Significant portions of Jozini have been neglected in terms of economic development. There is a great disparity between the level of service and infrastructure provision between settlement nodes, such as... |
184 093 | 32.11% |
| Hlabisa Hlabisa Local Municipality Hlabisa is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Hlabisa is an isiZulu surname of the two nkosis in the area... |
176 899 | 30.85% |
| Umhlabuyalingana UMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality is one of the five municipalities in the jurisdiction of uMkhanyakude District Municipality, situated in the northeastern part of Kwazulu-Natal Province in South Africa... |
140 962 | 24.59% |
| Mtubatuba Mtubatuba Local Municipality Mtubatuba is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.... |
35 216 | 6.14% |
| The Big 5 False Bay | 31 102 | 5.42% |
| St Lucia Park | 5 080 | 0.89% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| IsiZulu | 559 949 | 97.66% |
| SiSwati | 3 748 | 0.65% |
| 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... |
3 182 | 0.55% |
| 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... |
2 304 | 0.40% |
| IsiNdebele | 1 378 | 0.24% |
| Sesotho | 903 | 0.16% |
| Sepedi | 582 | 0.10% |
| IsiXhosa | 561 | 0.10% |
| Setswana | 259 | 0.05% |
| Xitsonga | 230 | 0.04% |
| Other | 208 | 0.04% |
| Tshivenda | 48 | 0.01% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 313 954 | 54.76% |
| Male | 259 399 | 45.24% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 568 853 | 99.22% |
| White | 3 235 | 0.56% |
| Coloured | 898 | 0.16% |
| Indian/Asian | 367 | 0.06% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 76 956 | 13.42% |
| 005 - 009 | 85 375 | 14.89% |
| 010 - 014 | 86 948 | 15.16% |
| 015 - 019 | 78 248 | 13.65% |
| 020 - 024 | 50 006 | 8.72% |
| 025 - 029 | 36 983 | 6.45% |
| 030 - 034 | 30 883 | 5.39% |
| 035 - 039 | 27 382 | 4.78% |
| 040 - 044 | 23 084 | 4.03% |
| 045 - 049 | 16 695 | 2.91% |
| 050 - 054 | 13 481 | 2.35% |
| 055 - 059 | 9 654 | 1.68% |
| 060 - 064 | 11 199 | 1.95% |
| 065 - 069 | 8 543 | 1.49% |
| 070 - 074 | 8 869 | 1.55% |
| 075 - 079 | 4 049 | 0.71% |
| 080 - 084 | 3 017 | 0.53% |
| 085 - 089 | 1 004 | 0.18% |
| 090 - 094 | 579 | 0.10% |
| 095 - 099 | 292 | 0.05% |
| 100 plus | 106 | 0.02% |
Election results
Election results for Umkhanyakude in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 274 753 [47.92% of total population]
- Total votes: 150 543 [26.26% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 54.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes % 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:...
104 721 69.56% 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...
36 893 24.51% Democratic Alliance 3 357 2.23% African Christian Democratic Party 1 381 0.92% United Democratic Movement 1 038 0.69% Azanian People's Organisation 423 0.28% New National Party 374 0.25% Freedom Front Plus 343 0.23% Independent Democrats 308 0.20% Pan African Congress 234 0.16% PJC 204 0.14% SOPA 177 0.12% KISS 176 0.12% CDP 163 0.11% United Christian Democratic Party 139 0.09% EMSA 135 0.09% UF 113 0.08% Minority Front 112 0.07% TOP 106 0.07% NA 91 0.06% NLP 55 0.04% Total 150 543 100.00%