uMkhanyakude
| UMkhanyakude UMkhanyakude District Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Seat | Cap | |
| surface | 12,821 km² | |
| Residents | 625,846 (October 2011) | |
| density | 49 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC27 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | |
| Website | www.umkhanyakude.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | TS Mkhombo | |
Coordinates: 27 ° 37 ′ S , 32 ° 2 ′ E
uMkhanyakude , also Umkhanyakude , is a district within the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa . It has 625,846 inhabitants (as of October 2011) on a total area of 12,821 km². The district administration is located in Mkuze .
uMkhanyakude is an isiZulu word meaning "shining far and wide." The district was named after the umkhanyakude tree ( yellow-bark acacia ) that is native there. These trees grow very tall and can be seen from a great distance due to their light color.
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 | surface | Residents | HWA | Ö WA | KWA |
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| Hlabisa | Hlabisa | 1417 km² | 177.396 | 1 % | 28% | 71% |
| Jozini | Jozini | 3056 km² | 184,561 | 2% | 39% | 59% |
| Mtubatuba | Mtubatuba | 497 km² | 34,120 | 12% | 70% | 18% |
| The Big Five False Bay | Hluhluwe | 1061 km² | 31,799 | 7% | 23% | 70% |
| Umhlabuyalingana | Kwangwanase | 3619 km² | 140.951 | 1 % | 26% | 73% |
In 2016, The Big Five False Bay and Hlabisa parishes were merged to form the Big Five Hlabisa parish .
Web links
- Information District (English)
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.
- ↑ 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.
