Ugu District Municipality

Ugu aka indawo engenamanzi
Ugu aka indawo engenamanzi
District municipality
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	Location of Ugu District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal
	Coordinates: 30°45′S 30°26′E / 30.750°S 30.433°E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Seat	Port Shepstone
Local municipalities	List Ray Nkonyeni; uMdoni; Umzumbe; uMuziwabantu;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sikhumbuzo Issac Mqadi
Area
• Total	5,047 km2 (1,949 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	722,484
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	90.6%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	3.4%
• White	4.9%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	82.7%
• English	8.3%
• Xhosa	4.3%
• Afrikaans	2.1%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC21

The Ugu District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Ugu) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is isiZulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC21.

The largest towns in the municipality are Port Shepstone, Margate, Umzinto, Scottburgh and Harding.

^ "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.

[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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