Umzinyathi District Municipality
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
- Zululand in the north-east
- uThungulu in the east
- iLembe in the south-east
- uMgungundlovu in the south-west
- Uthukela in the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % |
| 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.| Language | Population | % |
| 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% |
| Other | 618 | 0.14% |
| SiSwati | 459 | 0.10% |
| Setswana | 172 | 0.04% |
| Xitsonga | 51 | 0.01% |
| Tshivenda | 31 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Umzinyathi in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 224 263
- Total votes: 122 689
- Voting % estimate: 54.71% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| 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% |