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:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%
Msunduzi618,53660.77%
uMshwathi106,37410.46%
uMngeni92,7109.11%
Richmond65,7936.46%
Mkhambathini63,1426.20%
Mpofana38,1033.75%
Impendle33,1053.25%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
LanguagePopulation%
Zulu762,75176.4%
English152,98115.3%
Xhosa18,9061.9%
Sotho17,3441.7%
Afrikaans15,7291.6%
Ndebele10,0511.0%
Other7,7640.8%
Tswana4,5210.45%
Northern Sotho1,9040.2%
Swati4820.05%
Tsonga4700.05%
Venda3420.03%

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
PartyVotes%
African National Congress181 75364.68%
Inkhata Freedom Party46 68716.62%
Democratic Alliance30 91011.00%
African Christian Democratic Party6 0852.17%
United Democratic Movement3 5311.26%
Independent Democrats3 4501.23%
Minority Front2 1060.75%
New National Party1 7230.61%
Freedom Front Plus8480.30%
Pan African Congress6730.24%
Azanian People's Organisation6270.22%
United Christian Democratic Party5300.19%
SOPA3630.13%
CDP3620.13%
UF2860.10%
NA2140.08%
EMSA2090.07%
TOP2060.07%
PJC2000.07%
KISS1540.05%
NLP740.03%
Total280 991100.00%