uMzinyathi | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Seat | Dundee |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Mbangiseni Shadrack Yengwa |
Area | |
• Total | 8,589 km2 (3,316 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 510,838 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 96.6% |
• Coloured | 0.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.3% |
• White | 1.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 91.0% |
• English | 3.1% |
• Sotho | 2.3% |
• Afrikaans | 1.0% |
• Other | 2.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC24 |
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