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Infographic: Local government in KwaZulu-Natal

Local government in KwaZulu-Natal is organised into eight major municipalities. One is metropolitan, and the other 10 are district municipalities. The districts are further divided into 43 local municipalities.

KwaZulu-Natal has 11 major municipalities.

One is the metropolitan municipality of eThekwini, the urban region around the city of Durban.

The other 10 – larger, more rural regions – are district municipalities.

The province also has 43 local municipalities, each falling under one of the 10 district municipalities.

KwaZulu-Natal: Metropolitan and district municipalities

Name Type Seat Area Population Density
Administrative
centre
Square kilometres Number
of people
People per square kilometre
eThekwini Metropolitan Durban 2,556 3,702,231 1,449
Amajuba District Newcastle 7,102 531,327 75
Harry Gwala District Ixopo 10,386 510,865 49
iLembe District KwaDukuza 3,269 657,612 201
King Cetshwayo District Richards Bay 8,213 971,135 118
Ugu District Port Shepstone 4,791 753,336 157
uMgungundlovu District Pietermaritzburg 9,602 1,095,865 114
uMkhanyakude District Mkuze 13,855 689,090 50
uMzinyathi District Dundee 8,652 554,882 64
uThukela District Ladysmith 11,134 706,588 64
Zululand District Ulundi 14,799 892,310 60

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Data source: Statistics South Africa’s 2016 Community Survey
Thanks and credit to Htonl, who makes public-funded data available to the public and creates maps of South Africa you can’t find anywhere else.

Researched, written and designed by Mary Alexander.
Updated 8 June 2018.