Umgungundlovu District Municipality
uMgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of uMgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 1 million+ residents speak Zulu. The district code is DC22.
Geography
Neighbours
uMgungundlovu is surrounded by:- eThekwini to the southeast
- iLembe to the east
- Sisonke to the southwest
- Ugu to the south
- Umzinyathi to the north
- Uthukela to the northwest
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % |
| Msunduzi | 618,536 | 60.77% |
| uMshwathi | 106,374 | 10.46% |
| uMngeni | 92,710 | 9.11% |
| Richmond | 65,793 | 6.46% |
| Mkhambathini | 63,142 | 6.20% |
| Mpofana | 38,103 | 3.75% |
| Impendle | 33,105 | 3.25% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.| Language | Population | % |
| Zulu | 762,751 | 76.4% |
| English | 152,981 | 15.3% |
| Xhosa | 18,906 | 1.9% |
| Sotho | 17,344 | 1.7% |
| Afrikaans | 15,729 | 1.6% |
| Ndebele | 10,051 | 1.0% |
| Other | 7,764 | 0.8% |
| Tswana | 4,521 | 0.45% |
| Northern Sotho | 1,904 | 0.2% |
| Swati | 482 | 0.05% |
| Tsonga | 470 | 0.05% |
| Venda | 342 | 0.03% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Umgungundlovu in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 575 772
- Total votes: 280 991
- Voting % estimate: 48.80% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 181 753 | 64.68% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 46 687 | 16.62% |
| Democratic Alliance | 30 910 | 11.00% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 6 085 | 2.17% |
| United Democratic Movement | 3 531 | 1.26% |
| Independent Democrats | 3 450 | 1.23% |
| Minority Front | 2 106 | 0.75% |
| New National Party | 1 723 | 0.61% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 848 | 0.30% |
| Pan African Congress | 673 | 0.24% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 627 | 0.22% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 530 | 0.19% |
| SOPA | 363 | 0.13% |
| CDP | 362 | 0.13% |
| UF | 286 | 0.10% |
| NA | 214 | 0.08% |
| EMSA | 209 | 0.07% |
| TOP | 206 | 0.07% |
| PJC | 200 | 0.07% |
| KISS | 154 | 0.05% |
| NLP | 74 | 0.03% |
| Total | 280 991 | 100.00% |