Harry Gwala District Municipality

Harry Gwala
Official seal of Harry Gwala
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
SeatIxopo
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorZ D Nxumalo
Area
 • Total10,547 km2 (4,072 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total461,419
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African96.7%
 • Coloured1.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White1.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu62.7%
 • Xhosa28.6%
 • English3.2%
 • Afrikaans1.3%
 • Other4.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC43

The Harry Gwala District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Harry Gwala; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Harry Gwala), formerly the Sisonke District Municipality, is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat is Ixopo. The majority of its 298,392 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC43. The district's name was changed in November 2015 in honor of African National Congress leader Harry Gwala.

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  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.