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UMzinyathi District Municipality

uMzinyathi
District municipality
Official seal of uMzinyathi
Seal
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province KwaZulu-Natal
Seat Dundee
Local municipalities
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Mbangiseni Shadrack Yengwa
Area
 • Total 8,589 km2 (3,316 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 510,838
 • Density 59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 96.6%
 • Coloured 0.5%
 • Indian/Asian 1.3%
 • White 1.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu 91.0%
 • English 3.1%
 • Sotho 2.3%
 • Afrikaans 1.0%
 • Other 2.6%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC24

uMzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uMzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC24

Umzinyathi is surrounded by:

The district contains the following local municipalities:

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

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

Coordinates: 28°10′S 30°13′E / 28.167°S 30.217°E / -28.167; 30.217


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