Umdoni | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Ugu |
Seat | Scottburgh |
Wards | 19 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sibongile Khathi |
Area | |
• Total | 252 km2 (97 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 78,875 |
• Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 76.7% |
• Coloured | 1.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 13.3% |
• White | 8.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 67.0% |
• English | 23.0% |
• Xhosa | 4.9% |
• Afrikaans | 2.4% |
• Other | 2.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN212 |
uMdoni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Mdoni) is a local municipality within the Ugu District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. uMdoni is the isiZulu name for the indigenous forest waterberry (Syzygium gerrardii) plant.[3]