Ugu District Municipality
District municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Ugu District Municipality?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
This article is about a place in South Africa. For other uses, see Ugu (disambiguation).
The Ugu District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Ugu) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is isiZulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC21.
Quick Facts Country, Province ...
Ugu aka indawo engenamanzi | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 30°45′S 30°26′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Seat | Port Shepstone |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sizwe Ngcobo |
Area | |
• Total | 5,047 km2 (1,949 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 722,484 |
• Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 90.6% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.4% |
• White | 4.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 82.7% |
• English | 8.3% |
• Xhosa | 4.3% |
• Afrikaans | 2.1% |
• Other | 2.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC21 |
Close
The largest towns in the municipality are Port Shepstone, Margate, Umzinto, Scottburgh and Harding.