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 |
READ MORE ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
- Local government in the Eastern Cape
- Local government in the Free State
- Local government in Gauteng
- Local government in KwaZulu-Natal
- Local government in Limpopo
- Local government in Mpumalanga
- Local government in the Northern Cape
- Local government in North West
- Local government in the Western Cape
READ MORE ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA’S PROVINCES:
- The nine provinces of South Africa
- The population of South Africa’s provinces
- The land area of South Africa’s provinces
- Gallery: The Eastern Cape
- Gallery: The Free State
- Infographic: The economies of South Africa’s nine provinces
- Infographic: Population density in South Africa’s provinces
- Infographic: What languages are spoken in South Africa’s provinces?
- The provinces and ‘homelands’ of South Africa before 1996
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.
Categories: Infographics, The land
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