Uthukela District Municipality

The uThukela District Municipality () is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Ladysmith. As of 2011, a majority of its 668,848 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC23.

Geography

Neighbours

uThukela is surrounded by:

• Amajuba to the north (DC25)
• uMgungundlovu to the east (DC22)
• uMzinyathi to the south (DC24)
• the kingdom of Lesotho to the south-east
• Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the west (DC19)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Age

Politics

Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 350 092 [53.29% of total population]
• Total votes: 177 230 [26.98% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 50.62% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links

• Official Website