Harry Gwala | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
Seat | Ixopo |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Z D Nxumalo |
Area | |
• Total | 10,547 km2 (4,072 sq mi) |
Population (2011)
[2] | |
• Total | 461,419 |
• Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 96.7% |
• Coloured | 1.6% |
• Indian/ Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 1.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 62.7% |
• Xhosa | 28.6% |
• English | 3.2% |
• Afrikaans | 1.3% |
• Other | 4.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( SAST) |
Municipal code | DC43 |
The Harry Gwala District Municipality ( Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Harry Gwala; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Harry Gwala), formerly the Sisonke District Municipality, is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat is Ixopo. The majority of its 298,392 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC43. The district's name was changed in November 2015 in honor of African National Congress leader Harry Gwala.
Harry Gwala is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
---|---|---|---|
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | 113 446 | 24.6% | Zulu |
Ubuhlebezwe | 101 965 | 22.34% | Zulu |
Greater Kokstad | 56 528 | 12.38% | Xhosa |
Umzimkhulu | 174 338 | 38.19% | Xhosa |
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
IsiZulu | 220 295 | 73.83% |
IsiXhosa | 50 431 | 16.90% |
English | 12 097 | 4.05% |
Afrikaans | 7 188 | 2.41% |
Sesotho | 7 182 | 2.41% |
IsiNdebele | 429 | 0.14% |
Sepedi | 296 | 0.10% |
SiSwati | 145 | 0.05% |
Other | 143 | 0.05% |
Setswana | 135 | 0.05% |
Tshivenda | 26 | 0.01% |
Xitsonga | 18 | 0.01% |
Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 160 005 | 53.62% |
Male | 138 387 | 46.38% |
Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Black African | 280 332 | 93.95% |
Coloured | 10 081 | 3.38% |
White | 6 988 | 2.34% |
Indian/Asian | 991 | 0.33% |
Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000 - 004 | 35 445 | 11.88% |
005 - 009 | 40 097 | 13.44% |
010 - 014 | 41 502 | 13.91% |
015 - 019 | 37 456 | 12.55% |
020 - 024 | 25 634 | 8.59% |
025 - 029 | 21 306 | 7.14% |
030 - 034 | 17 399 | 5.83% |
035 - 039 | 16 607 | 5.57% |
040 - 044 | 13 964 | 4.68% |
045 - 049 | 11 579 | 3.88% |
050 - 054 | 9 601 | 3.22% |
055 - 059 | 7 263 | 2.43% |
060 - 064 | 6 452 | 2.16% |
065 - 069 | 4 821 | 1.62% |
070 - 074 | 4 227 | 1.42% |
075 - 079 | 2 391 | 0.80% |
080 - 084 | 1 747 | 0.59% |
085 - 089 | 528 | 0.18% |
090 - 094 | 217 | 0.07% |
095 - 099 | 122 | 0.04% |
100 plus | 34 | 0.01% |
Election results for Harry Gwala in the South African general election, 2004.
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 52 531 | 62.98% |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 21 433 | 25.70% |
Democratic Alliance | 3 628 | 4.35% |
United Democratic Movement | 1 712 | 2.05% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 1 350 | 1.62% |
New National Party | 315 | 0.38% |
Independent Democrats | 304 | 0.36% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 299 | 0.36% |
Freedom Front Plus | 296 | 0.35% |
Pan African Congress | 291 | 0.35% |
SOPA | 195 | 0.23% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 165 | 0.20% |
UF | 152 | 0.18% |
EMSA | 118 | 0.14% |
CDP | 116 | 0.14% |
TOP | 116 | 0.14% |
PJC | 108 | 0.13% |
Minority Front | 89 | 0.11% |
NA | 87 | 0.10% |
KISS | 58 | 0.07% |
NLP | 40 | 0.05% |
Total | 83 403 | 100.00% |