Umkhanyakude District Municipality

District municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

uMkhanyakude

North Uthungulu

District municipality

Seal

Location in South Africa

Country| South Africa
Province| KwaZulu-Natal
Seat| Mkuze[1]
Local municipalities|

List

* uMhlabuyalingana
* Jozini
* Big Five False Bay
* Hlabisa
* Mtubatuba

Government

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• Type| Municipal council
• Mayor| Cllr.Solomon Mkhombo
Area

• Total

| 12,821 km2 (4,950 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[3]

• Total

| 625,846
• Density| 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)

[3]

• Black African| 98.8%
• Coloured| 0.2%
• Indian/Asian| 0.2%
• White| 0.7%
First languages (2011)

[3]

• Zulu| 94.6%
• English| 1.7%
• Southern Ndebele| 1.2%
• Other| 2.5%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code| DC27

The uMkhanyakude District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase uMkhanyakude) is the northernmost of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Mkuze. 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. The majority of its 573,353 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2001.

## Geography

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### Neighbours

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uMkhanyakude is surrounded by:

* The republic of Mozambique to the north
* The Indian Ocean to the east
* uThungulu to the south (DC28)
* Zululand to the west (DC26)
* the kingdom of Eswatini to the north-west

### Local municipalities

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The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality  | Population  | %  | Dominant language

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Jozini | 184 093 | 32.11% | Zulu
Hlabisa | 176 899 | 30.85% | Zulu
Umhlabuyalingana | 140 962 | 24.59% | Zulu
Mtubatuba | 35 216 | 6.14% | Zulu
The Big 5 False Bay | 31 102 | 5.42% | Zulu
St Lucia Park | 5 080 | 0.89% |

## Demographics

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The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language  | Population  | %

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|

IsiZulu | 559 949 | 97.66%
SiSwati | 3 748 | 0.65%
English | 3 182 | 0.55%
Afrikaans | 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

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Gender  | Population  | %

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|

Female | 313 954 | 54.76%
Male | 259 399 | 45.24%

### Ethnic group

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Ethnic group  | Population  | %

|
|

Black African | 568 853 | 99.22%
White | 3 235 | 0.56%
Coloured | 898 | 0.16%
Indian/Asian | 367 | 0.06%

### Age

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Age  | Population  | %

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|

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%

## Politics

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### Election results

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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 | 104 721 | 69.56%
African National Congress | 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%

## References

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1. ^ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business | uMkhanyakude District Municipality
2. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
3. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

## External links

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* Umkhanyakude DM official website

Elephant Coast travel guide from Wikivoyage

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