eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Metropolitan municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.
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City of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | |
Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Seat | Durban |
Wards | 103 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Mxolisi Kaunda (ANC) |
• Deputy Mayor | Zandile Myeni (NFP) |
• Speaker | Thabang Nyawose (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,291.31 km2 (884.68 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 3,442,361 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 73.8% |
• Coloured | 2.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 16.7% |
• White | 6.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 62.8% |
• English | 26.8% |
• Xhosa | 3.9% |
• Afrikaans | 1.7% |
• Ndebele | 1.1% |
• Other | 3.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | ETH |
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