KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) and ten district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into forty-three local municipalities.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.
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District and metropolitan municipalities
edit| Name | Code | Seat | Area (km2)[1] |
Population (2016)[2] |
Pop. density (per km2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amajuba District Municipality | DC25 | Newcastle | 7,102 | 531,327 | 74.8 | |
| eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | ETH | Durban | 2,556 | 3,702,231 | 1,448.5 | |
| Harry Gwala District Municipality | DC43 | Ixopo | 10,386 | 510,865 | 49.2 | |
| iLembe District Municipality | DC29 | KwaDukuza | 3,269 | 657,612 | 201.2 | |
| King Cetshwayo District Municipality | DC28 | Richards Bay | 8,213 | 971,135 | 118.2 | |
| Ugu District Municipality | DC21 | Port Shepstone | 4,791 | 753,336 | 157.2 | |
| uMgungundlovu District Municipality | DC22 | Pietermaritzburg | 9,602 | 1,095,865 | 114.1 | |
| uMkhanyakude District Municipality | DC27 | Mkuze | 13,855 | 689,090 | 49.7 | |
| uMzinyathi District Municipality | DC24 | Dundee | 8,652 | 554,882 | 64.1 | |
| uThukela District Municipality | DC23 | Ladysmith | 11,134 | 706,588 | 63.5 | |
| Zululand District Municipality | DC26 | Ulundi | 14,799 | 892,310 | 60.3 |
Local and metropolitan municipalities
edit| Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km2)[1] |
Population (2022)[3] |
Pop. density (per km2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abaqulusi Local Municipality | KZN263 | Zululand | Vryheid | 4,314 | 247,263 | 57.3 | |
| Alfred Duma Local Municipality | KZN238 | Uthukela | Ladysmith | 3,764 | 415,036 | 110.3 | |
| Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality | KZN276 | Umkhanyakude | Hlabisa | 3,466 | 131,755 | 37.97 | |
| Dannhauser Local Municipality | KZN254 | Amajuba | Dannhauser | 1,707 | 142,750 | 83.61 | |
| Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Local Municipality | KZN436 | Harry Gwala | Creighton | 3,602 | 128,565 | 35.69 | |
| eDumbe Local Municipality | KZN261 | Zululand | Paulpietersburg | 1,943 | 96,735 | 49.79 | |
| eMadlangeni Local Municipality | KZN253 | Amajuba | Utrecht | 3,539 | 36,948 | 10.44 | |
| Endumeni Local Municipality | KZN241 | Umzinyathi | Dundee | 1,610 | 100,085 | 62.16 | |
| eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | ETH | Durban | 2,556 | 4,239,901 | 1,659 | ||
| Greater Kokstad Local Municipality | KZN433 | Harry Gwala | Kokstad | 2,680 | 81,676 | 30.48 | |
| Impendle Local Municipality | KZN224 | uMgungundlovu | Impendle | 1,610 | 36,648 | 22.77 | |
| Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality | KZN237 | Uthukela | Estcourt | 3,399 | 230,924 | 67.95 | |
| Jozini Local Municipality | KZN272 | Umkhanyakude | Jozini | 3,442 | 199,153 | 57.92 | |
| KwaDukuza Local Municipality | KZN292 | iLembe | KwaDukuza | 735 | 324,912 | 439.1 | |
| Mandeni Local Municipality | KZN291 | iLembe | Mandeni | 545 | 180,939 | 326.1 | |
| Maphumulo Local Municipality | KZN294 | iLembe | Maphumulo | 896 | 110,983 | 123.9 | |
| Mkhambathini Local Municipality | KZN226 | uMgungundlovu | Camperdown | 868 | 61,660 | 71.00 | |
| Mpofana Local Municipality | KZN223 | uMgungundlovu | Mooi River | 1,757 | 33,382 | 19.02 | |
| Msinga Local Municipality | KZN244 | Umzinyathi | Tugela Ferry | 2,375 | 206,001 | 86.73 | |
| Msunduzi Local Municipality | KZN225 | uMgungundlovu | Pietermaritzburg | 751 | 817,725 | 1,089 | |
| Mthonjaneni Local Municipality | KZN285 | King Cetshwayo | Melmoth | 1,639 | 99,289 | 60.59 | |
| Mtubatuba Local Municipality | KZN275 | Umkhanyakude | Mtubatuba | 1,970 | 215,869 | 109.6 | |
| Ndwedwe Local Municipality | KZN293 | iLembe | Ndwedwe | 1,093 | 165,826 | 153.7 | |
| Newcastle Local Municipality | KZN252 | Amajuba | Newcastle | 1,856 | 507,710 | 273.6 | |
| Nkandla Local Municipality | KZN286 | King Cetshwayo | Nkandla | 1,828 | 108,896 | 59.58 | |
| Nongoma Local Municipality | KZN265 | Zululand | Nongoma | 2,182 | 225,278 | 103.2 | |
| Nqutu Local Municipality | KZN242 | Umzinyathi | Nquthu | 1,962 | 201,133 | 102.5 | |
| Okhahlamba Local Municipality | KZN235 | Uthukela | Bergville | 3,971 | 143,132 | 36.04 | |
| Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality | KZN216 | Ugu | Port Shepstone | 1,487 | 362,134 | 243.5 | |
| Richmond Local Municipality | KZN227 | uMgungundlovu | Richmond | 1,231 | 62,754 | 50.96 | |
| Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality | KZN434 | Harry Gwala | Ixopo | 1,669 | 133,032 | 79.67 | |
| Ulundi Local Municipality | KZN266 | Zululand | Ulundi | 3,250 | 221,977 | 68.29 | |
| uMdoni Local Municipality | KZN212 | Ugu | Scottburgh | 994 | 156,443 | 158.1 | |
| uMfolozi Local Municipality | KZN281 | King Cetshwayo | KwaMbonambi | 1,300 | 159,668 | 122.8 | |
| uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality | KZN271 | Umkhanyakude | Kwangwanase | 4,977 | 191,660 | 38.51 | |
| uMhlathuze Local Municipality | KZN282 | King Cetshwayo | Richards Bay | 1,233 | 412,075 | 334.2 | |
| uMlalazi Local Municipality | KZN284 | King Cetshwayo | Eshowe | 2,214 | 241,416 | 109.0 | |
| uMngeni Local Municipality | KZN222 | uMgungundlovu | Howick | 1,520 | 105,069 | 69.09 | |
| uMshwathi Local Municipality | KZN221 | uMgungundlovu | Wartburg | 1,866 | 118,478 | 63.50 | |
| uMuziwabantu Local Municipality | KZN214 | Ugu | Harding | 1,089 | 115,780 | 106.3 | |
| Umvoti Local Municipality | KZN245 | Umzinyathi | Greytown | 2,705 | 142,042 | 52.52 | |
| Umzimkhulu Local Municipality | KZN435 | Harry Gwala | Umzimkhulu | 2,436 | 220,620 | 90.58 | |
| Umzumbe Local Municipality | KZN213 | Ugu | Mtwalume | 1,221 | 139,045 | 113.6 | |
| uPhongolo Local Municipality | KZN262 | Zululand | Pongola | 3,110 | 151,541 | 48.73 |
Former municipalities
editThese municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
References
edit- ^ a b "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
- ^ "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "KwaZulu-Natal (Province, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.