Zululand District Municipality

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This article is about a municipality in South Africa. For other and related uses, see Zululand.
Zululand
District municipality
Official seal of Zululand
Seal
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Ulundi
Local municipalities
List
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Blessed Gwala
Area
 • Total 14,799 km2 (5,714 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 803,575
 • Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 98.0%
 • Coloured 0.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.2%
 • White 1.4%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 94.3%
 • English 1.5%
 • Afrikaans 1.3%
 • Southern Ndebele 1.1%
 • Other 1.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC26

Zululand is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 804,456 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC26. It is part of a larger historical area also known as Zululand.

Geography

Neighbours

Zululand is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
Ulundi 212 972 26.47%
Nongoma 198 447 24.67%
Abaqulusi 191 020 23.75%
uPhongolo 119 786 14.89%
eDumbe 82 241 10.22%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
IsiZulu 779,206 96.86%
Afrikaans 11,382 1.41%
English 5,246 0.65%
Sesotho 2,297 0.29%
IsiNdebele 1,684 0.21%
IsiXhosa 1,130 0.14%
Sepedi 980 0.12%
SiSwati 946 0.12%
Other 916 0.11%
Setswana 409 0.05%
Xitsonga 142 0.02%
Tshivenda 128 0.02%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 434 244 53.98%
Male 370 212 46.02%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 788 551 98.02%
White 13 769 1.71%
Coloured 1 521 0.19%
Indian/Asian 615 0.08%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 103 541 2
005 - 009 116 193 14.44%
010 - 014 119 925 14.91%
015 - 019 111 383 13.85%
020 - 024 69 637 8.66%
025 - 029 50 739 6.31%
030 - 034 40 514 5.04%
035 - 039 38 739 4.82%
040 - 044 33 628 4.18%
045 - 049 27 697 3.44%
050 - 054 21 735 2.70%
055 - 059 16 125 2.00%
060 - 064 16 825 2.09%
065 - 069 12 309 1.53%
070 - 074 11 606 1.44%
075 - 079 6 390 0.79%
080 - 084 4 962 0.62%
085 - 089 1 300 0.16%
090 - 094 647 0.08%
095 - 099 440 0.05%
100 plus 121 0.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Zululand in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 394 233 [49.01% of total population]
  • Total votes: 218 270 [27.13% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 55.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
Inkatha Freedom Party 169 028 77.44%
African National Congress 32 688 14.98%
Democratic Alliance 8 831 4.05%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 379 1.09%
United Democratic Movement 1 025 0.47%
Freedom Front Plus 845 0.39%
New National Party 531 0.24%
Independent Democrats 483 0.22%
Azanian People's Organisation 365 0.17%
Pan African Congress 231 0.11%
Keep It Straight and Simple Party 220 0.10%
United Christian Democratic Party 220 0.10%
PJC 210 0.10%
Socialist Party of Azania 188 0.09%
Christian Democratic Party 169 0.08%
TOP 167 0.08%
NA 160 0.07%
EMSA 155 0.07%
Minority Front 152 0.07%
UF 141 0.06%
New Labour Party 82 0.04%
Total 218 270 100.00%

See also

References

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