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UMlalazi Local Municipality

uMlalazi
Local municipality
Official seal of uMlalazi
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
District uThungulu
Seat Eshowe
Wards 26
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Councillor T B Zulu
Area
 • Total 2,214 km2 (855 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 213,601
 • Density 96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 97.1%
 • Coloured 0.6%
 • Indian/Asian 0.7%
 • White 1.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu 92.1%
 • English 3.5%
 • Southern Ndebele 1.3%
 • Other 3.1%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code KZN284

uMlalazi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMlalazi River.

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

The municipal council consists of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Coordinates: 28°53′03″S 31°28′08″E / 28.88417°S 31.46889°E / -28.88417; 31.46889


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