The Umzinyathi District Municipality () is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Dundee. As of 2011, a majority of its 456,452 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC24
Geography Neighbours Umzinyathi is surrounded by: Amajuba in the north (DC25) Zululand in the north-east (DC26) uThungulu in the east (DC28) iLembe in the south-east (DC29) uMgungundlovu in the south-west (DC22) Uthukela in the west (DC23)
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Msinga 168 022 36.81%Nqutu 145 033 31.77%Umvoti 92 292 20.22%Endumeni 51 110 11.20%
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
LanguagePopulation%IsiZulu 422 801 92.63%Sesotho 13 241 2.90%English 12 025 2.63%Afrikaans 4 843 1.06%IsiNdebele 937 0.21%IsiXhosa 645 0.14%Sepedi 634 0.14%Other618 0.14%SiSwati 459 0.10%Setswana 172 0.04%Xitsonga 51 0.01%Tshivenda 31 0.01%
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 255 660 56.01%Male 200 792 43.99%
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 439 889 96.37%White 7 336 1.61%Indian/Asian 6 593 1.44%Coloured 2 634 0.58%
Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 60 159 13.18%005 - 009 67 630 14.82%010 - 014 66 994 14.68%015 - 019 59 156 12.96%020 - 024 36 022 7.89%025 - 029 27 821 6.10%030 - 034 22 830 5.00%035 - 039 22 211 4.87%040 - 044 18 051 3.95%045 - 049 16 182 3.55%050 - 054 13 935 3.05%055 - 059 10 810 2.37%060 - 064 10 531 2.31%065 - 069 7 612 1.67%070 - 074 7 345 1.61%075 - 079 4 253 0.93%080 - 084 3 252 0.71%085 - 089 896 0.20%090 - 094 391 0.09%095 - 099 274 0.06%100 plus 97 0.02%
Politics Election results Election results for Umzinyathi in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 224 263 [49.13% of total population] Total votes: 122 689 [26.88% of total population] Voting % estimate: 54.71% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%Inkhata Freedom Party 79 544 64.83%African National Congress 29 618 24.14%Democratic Alliance 6 884 5.61%African Christian Democratic Party 1 917 1.56%United Democratic Movement 739 0.60%Freedom Front Plus 645 0.53%New National Party 577 0.47%Azanian People's Organisation 351 0.29%Minority Front 303 0.25%Independent Democrats 291 0.24%PJC 240 0.20%Pan African Congress 226 0.18%United Christian Democratic Party 202 0.16%SOPA 181 0.15%CDP 173 0.14%KISS 172 0.14%UF 148 0.12%NA 147 0.12%EMSA 133 0.11%TOP 128 0.10%NLP 70 0.06%Total 122 689 100.00%
See also Municipal Demarcation Board
References
External links Official Website