Back ILembe-distriksmunisipaliteit Afrikaans ILembe District Municipality CEB ILembe German Distrito Municipal de iLembe Spanish Distrik iLembe ID Municipalità distrettuale di iLembe Italian ILembe Dutch Ilembe NOV Mmasepala Setereke tša iLembe NSO ILembe Polish
iLembe | |
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.svg) Location of ILembe District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 29°20′S 31°17′E / 29.333°S 31.283°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Seat | KwaDukuza |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Sibusiso Welcome Mdabe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,269 km2 (1,262 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 606,809 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 90.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 5.9% |
| • White | 2.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 82.2% |
| • English | 9.6% |
| • Xhosa | 3.3% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.2% |
| • Other | 3.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | DC29 |
iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza.[3] The majority (82%) of its 606,809 people speak isiZulu as their first language (2011 census). The district code is DC29. It was formerly named the King Shaka District Municipality.[4]
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "ILembe District Municipality". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Ilembe Case Study" (PDF). The Water Dialogues. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-16.