UMlalazi Local Municipality
| uMlalazi | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | uThungulu | |
| Seat | Eshowe | |
| Wards | 26 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Councillor T B Zulu | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,214 km2 (855 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 213,601 | |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 97.1% | |
| • Coloured | 0.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% | |
| • White | 1.5% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Zulu | 92.1% | |
| • English | 3.5% | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.3% | |
| • Other | 3.1% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN284 | |
uMlalazi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMlalazi River.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 28°53′03″S 31°28′08″E / 28.88417°S 31.46889°E
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