uMzinyathi is one of the 11
district municipalities ("districts") of
KwaZulu-Natal province in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. The seat of uMzinyathi is
Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak
IsiZulu
Zulu (), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal of ...
(2001
Census
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). The district code is DC24
Geography
Neighbours
Umzinyathi is surrounded by:
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Amajuba in the north (DC25)
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Zululand in the north-east (DC26)
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uThungulu in the east (DC28)
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iLembe in the south-east (DC29)
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uMgungundlovu in the south-west (DC22)
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Uthukela in the west (DC23)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following
local municipalities:
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
.
Gender
Ethnic group
Age
Politics
Election results
Election results for Umzinyathi in the
South African general election, 2004
General elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority. ...
.
* Population 18 and over: 224 263
9.13% of total population* Total votes: 122 689
6.88% of total population* Voting % estimate: 54.71% votes as a % of population 18 and over
See also
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Municipal Demarcation Board
The Municipal Demarcation Board is an independent authority responsible for delimiting the boundaries of South African districts and municipalities and the boundaries of the electoral wards within those municipalities.
General
The Board was en ...
References
External links
Official Website
District Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal
Umzinyathi District Municipality
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