ILembe District Municipality
iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza. The majority of its 606,809 people speak isiZulu as their first language. The district code is DC29. It was formerly named the King Shaka District Municipality.
Geography
Neighbours
iLembe is surrounded by:- Umzinyathi to the north
- the Indian Ocean to the east
- eThekwini to the south
- Umgungundlovu to the west
- King Cetshwayo District Municipality to the north-east
- Umlalazi to the North-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipalities]:| Local municipality | Population | % |
| KwaDukuza | 231 187 | 38.10% |
| Ndwedwe | 140 820 | 23.21% |
| Mandeni | 138 078 | 22.75% |
| Maphumulo | 96 724 | 15.94% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.| Language | Population | % |
| Zulu | 496 834 | 82.18% |
| English | 58 227 | 9.63% |
| Xhosa | 20 005 | 3.31% |
| Ndebele | 7 145 | 1.18% |
| Afrikaans | 5 210 | 0.86% |
| Other | 4 465 | 0.74% |
| Sign language | 4 340 | 0.72% |
| Tswana | 3 156 | 0.52% |
| Tsonga | 1 916 | 0.32% |
| Sotho | 1 062 | 0.18% |
| Swati | 624 | 0.10% |
| Venda | 261 | 0.04% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for iLembe in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 312 758
- Total votes: 166 460
- Voting % estimate: 53.22% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 78 343 | 47.06% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 69 110 | 41.52% |
| Democratic Alliance | 10 311 | 6.19% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 2 113 | 1.27% |
| United Democratic Movement | 1 214 | 0.73% |
| Minority Front | 727 | 0.44% |
| New National Party | 570 | 0.34% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 567 | 0.34% |
| UF | 542 | 0.33% |
| Independent Democrats | 466 | 0.28% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 401 | 0.24% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 331 | 0.20% |
| Pan African Congress | 316 | 0.19% |
| SOPA | 280 | 0.17% |
| CDP | 247 | 0.15% |
| EMSA | 228 | 0.14% |
| PJC | 209 | 0.13% |
| KISS | 150 | 0.09% |
| NA | 133 | 0.08% |
| TOP | 120 | 0.07% |
| NLP | 82 | 0.05% |
| Total | 166 460 | 100.00% |