Zululand District Municipality
Encyclopedia
Zululand is one of the 11 district municipalities
("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal
province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 804,456 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census
). The district code is DC26. It is part of a larger historical area also known as Zululand.
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Districts of South Africa
South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...
("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 804,456 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC26. It is part of a larger historical area also known as Zululand.
Neighbours
Zululand is surrounded by:- AmajubaAmajuba District MunicipalityAmajuba is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Amajuba is Newcastle. The majority of its 468 040 people speak Zulu . The district code is DC25-Tourism:...
to the north-west (DC25) - Gert SibandeGert Sibande District MunicipalityGert Sibande is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Secunda. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC30...
in MpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
to the north (DC30) - The kingdom of SwazilandSwazilandSwaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
to the north - UmkhanyakudeUmkhanyakude District MunicipalityUmkhanyakude, named after the famous yellow-barked fever tree, literally meaning “seen from afar”, is the northernmost district in KwaZulu-Natal and contains many areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the St Lucia greater wetland park, Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay. Game parks include...
to the east (DC27) - UmzinyathiUmzinyathi District MunicipalityUmzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of Umzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu...
to the south-west (DC24) - uThunguluUThungulu District MunicipalityUthungulu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uThungulu is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu...
to the south (DC28)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalitiesLocal municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...
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| Local municipality | Population | % |
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| Ulundi Ulundi Local Municipality Ulundi Local Municipality is a local municipality located on the southern boundary of the Zululand District Municipality in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa... |
212 972 | 26.47% |
| Nongoma Nongoma Local Municipality Nongoma Local Municipality is a local municipality in the northeastern part of Zululand in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is Zululand’s second largest municipality in terms of population and the second largest in terms of area. It shares its name with the town of Nongoma, which... |
198 447 | 24.67% |
| Abaqulusi Abaqulusi Local Municipality AbaQulusi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Zululand in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.-Towns and settlements:63% of the population of the AbaQulusi municipal area live in rural areas, most of which live in scattered homesteads known as imizi in tribal areas. Homesteads are... |
191 020 | 23.75% |
| uPhongolo UPhongolo Local Municipality uPhongolo Local Municipality, is a local municipality in the northern area of Zululand, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.In 2007, the uPhongolo Municipality contained 154 rural shops, 124 schools, 27 hotels, resorts or conference facilities, 15 clinics, 12 recreational facilities, 6... |
119 786 | 14.89% |
| eDumbe EDumbe Local Municipality eDumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Zululand District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Dumbe mountain.... |
82 241 | 10.22% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
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| Language | Population | % |
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| IsiZulu | 779 206 | 96.86% |
| Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape... |
11 382 | 1.41% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
5 246 | 0.65% |
| Sesotho | 2 297 | 0.29% |
| IsiNdebele | 1 684 | 0.21% |
| IsiXhosa | 1 130 | 0.14% |
| Sepedi | 980 | 0.12% |
| SiSwati | 946 | 0.12% |
| Other | 916 | 0.11% |
| Setswana | 409 | 0.05% |
| Xitsonga | 142 | 0.02% |
| Tshivenda | 128 | 0.02% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 434 244 | 53.98% |
| Male | 370 212 | 46.02% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
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| Black African | 788 551 | 98.02% |
| White | 13 769 | 1.71% |
| Coloured | 1 521 | 0.19% |
| Indian/Asian | 615 | 0.08% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 103 541 | 12.87% |
| 005 - 009 | 116 193 | 14.44% |
| 010 - 014 | 119 925 | 14.91% |
| 015 - 019 | 111 383 | 13.85% |
| 020 - 024 | 69 637 | 8.66% |
| 025 - 029 | 50 739 | 6.31% |
| 030 - 034 | 40 514 | 5.04% |
| 035 - 039 | 38 739 | 4.82% |
| 040 - 044 | 33 628 | 4.18% |
| 045 - 049 | 27 697 | 3.44% |
| 050 - 054 | 21 735 | 2.70% |
| 055 - 059 | 16 125 | 2.00% |
| 060 - 064 | 16 825 | 2.09% |
| 065 - 069 | 12 309 | 1.53% |
| 070 - 074 | 11 606 | 1.44% |
| 075 - 079 | 6 390 | 0.79% |
| 080 - 084 | 4 962 | 0.62% |
| 085 - 089 | 1 300 | 0.16% |
| 090 - 094 | 647 | 0.08% |
| 095 - 099 | 440 | 0.05% |
| 100 plus | 121 | 0.02% |
Election results
Election results for Zululand in the South African general election, 2004South African general election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....
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- Population 18 and over: 394 233 [49.01% of total population]
- Total votes: 218 270 [27.13% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 55.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes % Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom PartyThe Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...
169 028 77.44% African National Congress African National CongressThe African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
32 688 14.98% Democratic Alliance 8 831 4.05% African Christian Democratic Party 2 379 1.09% United Democratic Movement 1 025 0.47% Freedom Front Plus 845 0.39% New National Party 531 0.24% Independent Democrats 483 0.22% Azanian People's Organisation 365 0.17% Pan African Congress 231 0.11% Keep It Straight and Simple Party 220 0.10% United Christian Democratic Party 220 0.10% PJC 210 0.10% Socialist Party of Azania 188 0.09% Christian Democratic Party Christian Democratic Party (South Africa)The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian social conservative party in South Africa. The party was registered on 9 September 1999 and was formally launched a year later...
169 0.08% TOP 167 0.08% NA 160 0.07% EMSA 155 0.07% Minority Front 152 0.07% UF 141 0.06% New Labour Party New Labour Party (South Africa)The New Labour Party was a minor South African political party founded by Peter Marais via floor crossing legislation after he left the New National Party in some disrepute. The name was chosen to evoke the former Labour Party led by the late Reverend Allan Hendrickse as an anti-apartheid Coloured...
82 0.04% Total 218 270 100.00%