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District municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Amajuba District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Amajuba) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Newcastle. As of 2011, a majority of its 468,040 inhabitants isiZulu. The district code is DC25
Amajuba
North Umzimyathi | |
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Coordinates: 27°45′S 29°55′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Seat | Newcastle |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Cllr V.V Bam |
Area | |
• Total | 6,911 km2 (2,668 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 499,839 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 93.1% |
• Coloured | 0.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.6% |
• White | 3.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 87.5% |
• English | 5.2% |
• Afrikaans | 3.1% |
• Other | 4.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC25 |
The Amajuba District is marketed as a battlefields tourism destination. Amajuba is an isiZulu name meaning “a place of doves”. The impis of King Shaka named the area Amajuba in 1825. The area is also the site of a battle in which the Boers defeated the British in 1881.
Amajuba is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
---|---|---|---|
Newcastle | 332 978 | 71.14% | Zulu |
Dannhauser | 102 786 | 21.96% | Zulu |
eMadlangeni | 32 276 | 6.90% | Zulu |
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 243 891 | 52.11% |
Male | 224 149 | 47.89% |
Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
African | 431 609 | 92.22% |
Caucasian | 21 469 | 4.59% |
Indian/Asian | 11 928 | 2.55% |
Coloured | 3 034 | 0.65% |
Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000 - 004 | 52 102 | 11.13% |
005 - 009 | 56 841 | 12.14% |
010 - 014 | 56 912 | 12.16% |
015 - 019 | 56 815 | 12.14% |
020 - 024 | 45 785 | 9.78% |
025 - 029 | 38 031 | 8.13% |
030 - 034 | 30 130 | 6.44% |
035 - 039 | 27 487 | 5.87% |
040 - 044 | 25 040 | 5.35% |
045 - 049 | 20 881 | 4.46% |
050 - 054 | 16 384 | 3.50% |
055 - 059 | 11 858 | 2.53% |
060 - 064 | 10 378 | 2.22% |
065 - 069 | 7 285 | 1.56% |
070 - 074 | 5 414 | 1.16% |
075 - 079 | 3 107 | 0.66% |
080 - 084 | 2 400 | 0.51% |
085 - 089 | 681 | 0.15% |
090 - 094 | 300 | 0.06% |
095 - 099 | 138 | 0.03% |
100 plus | 71 | 0.02% |
Election results for Amajuba in the South African general election, 2004.
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 54 142 | 45.75% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 42 529 | 35.94% |
Democratic Alliance | 12 134 | 10.25% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 2 799 | 2.37% |
United Democratic Movement | 1 515 | 1.28% |
Freedom Front Plus | 1 053 | 0.89% |
New National Party | 728 | 0.62% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 497 | 0.42% |
Minority Front | 456 | 0.39% |
Pan African Congress | 424 | 0.36% |
UF | 408 | 0.34% |
Independent Democrats | 366 | 0.31% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 205 | 0.17% |
NA | 173 | 0.15% |
SOPA | 168 | 0.14% |
PJC | 159 | 0.13% |
CDP | 157 | 0.13% |
TOP | 137 | 0.12% |
EMSA | 131 | 0.11% |
KISS | 102 | 0.09% |
NLP | 61 | 0.05% |
Total | 118 344 | 100.00% |
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