Umkhanyakude District Municipality
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A map of South Africa showing Umkhanyakude (within KwaZulu-Natal province) |
Umkhanyakude is one of the 11
districts of
KwaZulu-Natal province of
South Africa. The seat of Umkhanyakude is
Mkuze. The majority of its 573 353 people speak
IsiZulu (
2001 Census). The district code is DC27.
Neighbours
Umkhanyakude is surrounded by:
* The republic of
Mozambique to the north
* The
Indian Ocean to the east
*
uThungulu to the south (DC28)
*
Zululand to the west (DC26)
* the kingdom of
Swaziland to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following
local municipalities:
The following statistics are from the
2001 census.
Gender
| Gender | Population | %|- | Female | 313 954 | 54.76% | | Male | 259 399 | 45.24% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | %|- | Black African | 568 853 | 99.22% | | White | 3 235 | 0.56% |
| Coloured | 898 | 0.16% |
| Indian/Asian | 367 | 0.06% |
Age
| Age | Population | %|- | 000 - 004 | 76 956 | 13.42% | | 005 - 009 | 85 375 | 14.89% |
| 010 - 014 | 86 948 | 15.16% |
| 015 - 019 | 78 248 | 13.65% |
| 020 - 024 | 50 006 | 8.72% |
| 025 - 029 | 36 983 | 6.45% |
| 030 - 034 | 30 883 | 5.39% |
| 035 - 039 | 27 382 | 4.78% |
| 040 - 044 | 23 084 | 4.03% |
| 045 - 049 | 16 695 | 2.91% |
| 050 - 054 | 13 481 | 2.35% |
| 055 - 059 | 9 654 | 1.68% |
| 060 - 064 | 11 199 | 1.95% |
| 065 - 069 | 8 543 | 1.49% |
| 070 - 074 | 8 869 | 1.55% |
| 075 - 079 | 4 049 | 0.71% |
| 080 - 084 | 3 017 | 0.53% |
| 085 - 089 | 1 004 | 0.18% |
| 090 - 094 | 579 | 0.10% |
| 095 - 099 | 292 | 0.05% |
| 100 plus | 106 | 0.02% |
Election results
Election results for Umkhanyakude in the
South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 274 753 [47.92% of total population]
* Total votes: 150 543 [26.26% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 54.79% votes as a % of population 18 and over
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Municipal Demarcation Board*
Stats SA Census 2001 page*
Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results 
