Umzinyathi District Municipality

uMzinyathi
Official seal of uMzinyathi
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
SeatDundee
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMbangiseni Shadrack Yengwa
Area
 • Total8,589 km2 (3,316 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total510,838
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African96.6%
 • Coloured0.5%
 • Indian/Asian1.3%
 • White1.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu91.0%
 • English3.1%
 • Sotho2.3%
 • Afrikaans1.0%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC24

The Umzinyathi District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Umzinyathi) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Dundee. As of 2011, a majority of its 456,452 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC24

  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.