Abaqulusi | |
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![]() Location of Abaqulusi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
Coordinates: 27°46′S 30°48′E / 27.767°S 30.800°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Zululand |
Seat | Vryheid |
Wards | 22 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Mncedisi Cyril Maphisa (IFP) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,185 km2 (1,616 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 211,060 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 95.4% |
• Coloured | 0.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 3.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 91.2% |
• Afrikaans | 3.0% |
• English | 2.5% |
• Southern Ndebele | 1.0% |
• Other | 2.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN263 |
Abaqulusi Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wabaQulusi) is a local municipality within Zululand District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is named after the abaQulusi, a Zulu clan whose descendants live in the vicinities of Vryheid, Utrecht, Paulpietersburg and Louwsburg. They hailed from different origins but were unified by their allegiance to local Zulu royal homesteads.[4]