Umkhanyakude District Municipality

The uMkhanyakude District Municipality () is the northernmost of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Mkuze. It is a very rural district, the largest town being Mtubatuba in the south, with Hluhluwe, Mkuze, Jozini, Kwangwanase and Ingwavuma further to the north. The majority of its 573,353 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2001.

Controversies

Umkhanyakude municipality lost R255 million Rands in unspent for infrastructure.

Geography

Neighbours

uMkhanyakude is surrounded by:

• The republic of Mozambique to the north
• The Indian Ocean to the east
• King Cetswayo to the south (DC28)
• Zululand to the west (DC26)
• the kingdom of Eswatini to the north-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 274 753 [47.92% of total population]
• Total votes: 150 543 [26.26% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 54.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links

• Umkhanyakude DM official website