King Cetshwayo District Municipality

King Cetshwayo

uThungulu
King Cetshwayo uThungulu
District municipality
	Seal
	Location in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Richards Bay
Local municipalities	List Mbonambi; uMhlathuze; Ntambanana; uMlalazi; Mthonjaneni; Nkandla;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Vacant
Area
• Total	8,213 km2 (3,171 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	907,519
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	94.4%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	1.6%
• White	3.2%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	89.1%
• English	5.1%
• Afrikaans	2.3%
• Southern Ndebele	1.3%
• Other	2.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC28

King Cetshwayo District Municipality (formerly Uthungulu District Municipality^[4]) is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of the district is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC28. It is named after Cetshwayo kaMpande, King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879, who led his nation to victory against the British in the Battle of Isandlwana.

^ "King Cetshwayo District Municipality - South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ Khoza, Amanda (27 July 2016). "Zwelithini welcomes renaming of uThungulu to King Cetshwayo District Municipality". News24. Retrieved 3 September 2016.