Ugu
| Ugu Ugu District Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Seat | Port Shepstone | |
| surface | 5047 km² | |
| Residents | 722,484 (October 2011) | |
| density | 143 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC21 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | |
| Website | ugu.org.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Tolomane Obert Mnyayiza | |
Coordinates: 30 ° 45 ′ S , 30 ° 26 ′ E
Ugu is a district within the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It has 722,484 inhabitants (as of October 2011) on a total area of 5,047 square kilometers (as of August 2016). The district administration is based in Port Shepstone .
The district name refers to the isiZulu word for coast .
Community structure
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 | Area (km²) |
Population (2007) |
HWA | ÖWA | KWA |
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| Ezinqoleni | Izingolweni | 648 | 56,369 | 1 % | 30% | 69% |
| Hibiscus Coast | Port Shepstone | 839 | 224.281 | 15% | 48% | 36% |
| uMdoni | Scottburgh | 238 | 74,437 | 19% | 62% | 19% |
| uMuziwabantu | Harding | 1,089 | 104,527 | 3% | 31% | 66% |
| Umzumbe | Hibberdene | 1,259 | 176.287 | 1 % | 17% | 82% |
| Vulamehlo | Scottburgh | 973 | 74,017 | % | % | % |
In 2016, the parishes of Ezinqoleni and Hibiscus Coast were merged into Ray Nkonyeni parish . The municipality of Vulamehlo was divided; one part went to eThekwini outside the district, the other to uMdoni.
Nature reserves
- Empisini Nature Reserve
- KwaFodo Nature Reserve
- KwaMachi Nature Reserve
- Ngeli Nature Reserve
- TC Robertson Nature Reserve
- Umdoni Park Nature Reserve
- Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Description at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities