Harry Gwala District Municipality

District municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The Harry Gwala District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Harry Gwala; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Harry Gwala), formerly the Sisonke District Municipality, is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat is Ixopo. The majority of its 298,392 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC43. The district's name was changed in November 2015 in honor of African National Congress leader Harry Gwala.

Geography

Neighbours

Harry Gwala is surrounded by:

• Umgungundlovu to the north-east (DC22)
• Ugu to the south-east (DC21)
• OR Tambo to the south (DC15)
• Alfred Nzo to the south-west (DC44)
• The kingdom of Lesotho to the north-west
• Uthukela to the North (DC23)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for Harry Gwala in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 157 807 [52.89% of total population]
• Total votes: 83 403 [27.95% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 52.85% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

• Official Website

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