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UMgungundlovu District Municipality

uMgungundlovu
Indlovu District
District municipality
Official seal of uMgungundlovu
Seal
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Pietermaritzburg
Local municipalities
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Yusuf Bhamjee
Area
 • Total 9,513 km2 (3,673 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,017,763
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 84.7%
 • Coloured 2.0%
 • Indian/Asian 6.7%
 • White 6.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu 76.4%
 • English 15.3%
 • Xhosa 1.9%
 • Sotho 1.7%
 • Other 4.7%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC22

uMgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of uMgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 927 834 people speak Zulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC22

uMgungundlovu is surrounded by:

The district contains the following local municipalities:

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Election results for Umgungundlovu in the South African general election, 2004.

Coordinates: 29°35′S 30°22′E / 29.583°S 30.367°E / -29.583; 30.367


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