King Cetshwayo
| King Cetshwayo King Cetshwayo District Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Seat | Richards Bay | |
| surface | 8213 km² | |
| Residents | 907,519 (October 2011) | |
| density | 110 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC28 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | |
| Website | www.uthungulu.org.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Nonhle Mkhulisi | |
Coordinates: 28 ° 44 ′ S , 32 ° 5 ′ E
King Cetshwayo (2016 uThungulu ) is a district in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa . It has 907,519 inhabitants (as of October 2011) on a total area of 8,213 km². The district administration is based in Richards Bay .
The district is named after the king of the Zulu Cetshwayo kaMpande , who worked in the area. The former name uThungulu is derived from the Amathungulu bush ( Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC.), which grows here along the coast.
Municipalities ( Local Municipalities )
As an example of the infrastructure here is the water supply for households (HWA = own domestic water connection; ÖWA = public water connection nearby; KWA = no connection to a water supply network):
| Municipality at the time of the survey | Administrative headquarters | surface | Residents | HWA | Ö WA | KWA |
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| uMfolozi | KwaMbonambi | 1,210 km² | 107,448 | 4% | 21% | 75% |
| Mthonjaneni | Melmoth | 50,381 | ||||
| Nkandla | Nkandla | 133,604 | ||||
| Ntambanana | Bhukhanana | 1,083 km² | 85.277 | 1 % | 27% | 72% |
| City of uMhlathuze | Richards Bay | 793 km² | 289,698 | 17% | 69% | 14% |
| uMlalazi | Eshowe | 221.076 |
In 2016 the Ntambanana community was dissolved.
Age structure of the district population
| Age | number | proportion of |
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| 0-19 | 451.121 | 50.92% |
| 20-39 | 256,668 | 28.97% |
| 40-59 | 120,703 | 13.62% |
| ≥ 60 | 57,421 | 6.48% |
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Administrative boundaries of South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Zwelithini welcomes renaming from uThungulu to King Cetshwayo District Municipality
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ↑ Municipal statistics South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
