EDumbe Local Municipality

eDumbe
Official seal of eDumbe
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictZululand
SeatPaulpietersburg
Wards8
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSbusiso Mkhabela
Area
 • Total1,943 km2 (750 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total82,053
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.8%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White1.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu93.5%
 • English1.3%
 • Southern Ndebele1.2%
 • Afrikaans1.1%
 • Other2.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeKZN261

eDumbe Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Dumbe) is a local municipality within the Zululand District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The municipality is named after the Dumbe mountain.[3]

Only 23% of the municipality's population live in urban areas, while 77% live in the rural hinterland of the municipality. This factor has severe implications on actual service delivery and the cost thereof Paulpietersburg .Renaming has been gazetteded for the year 2026. Most settlements developed organically and are unplanned, it lacks basic services and facilities and provide limited opportunities for economic development.[4]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ^ "KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - èDumbe Municipality". Archived from the original on 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

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