ILembe District Municipality

iLembe
Official seal of iLembe
Location of ILembe District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Location of ILembe District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°20′S 31°17′E / 29.333°S 31.283°E / -29.333; 31.283
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
SeatKwaDukuza
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSibusiso Welcome Mdabe
Area
 • Total3,269 km2 (1,262 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total606,809
 • Density190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African90.8%
 • Coloured0.5%
 • Indian/Asian5.9%
 • White2.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu82.2%
 • English9.6%
 • Xhosa3.3%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Other3.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC29

iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza.[3] The majority (82%) of its 606,809 people speak isiZulu as their first language (2011 census). The district code is DC29. It was formerly named the King Shaka District Municipality.[4]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "ILembe District Municipality". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  4. ^ "Ilembe Case Study" (PDF). The Water Dialogues. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-16.