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eThekwini
iTheku Durban | |
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City of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | |
![]() Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E / 29.867°S 31.017°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 (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 4,239,901 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2022) | |
• Black African | 72.2% |
• Coloured | 2.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 19.7% |
• White | 6.0% |
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 |
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.