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{{Dablink|This article is about a municipality in South Africa. For other and related uses, see Zululand.}}{{Infobox South African municipality
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| settlement_type = District municipality
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| seat = Ulundi
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| p1 = eDumbe
| p2 = uPhongolo
| p3 = Abaqulusi
| p4 = Nongoma
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}}Zululand is one of the 11 district municipalities ("districts") of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 803,575 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district code is DC26. It is part of a larger historical area also known as Zululand. GeographyNeighboursZululand is surrounded by: - Amajuba to the north-west (DC25)
- Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north (DC30)
- The kingdom of Swaziland to the north
- Umkhanyakude to the east (DC27)
- Umzinyathi to the south-west (DC24)
- uThungulu to the south (DC28)
Local municipalitiesThe district contains the following local municipalities: | Local municipality | Population | % | | Ulundi | 212 972 | 26.47% | | Nongoma | 198 447 | 24.67% | | Abaqulusi | 191 020 | 23.75% | | uPhongolo | 119 786 | 14.89% | | eDumbe | 82 241 | 10.22% |
DemographicsThe following statistics are from the 2001 census. | Language | Population | % | | IsiZulu | 779,206 | 96.86% | | Afrikaans | 11,382 | 1.41% | | English | 5,246 | 0.65% | | Sesotho | 2,297 | 0.29% | | IsiNdebele | 1,684 | 0.21% | | IsiXhosa | 1,130 | 0.14% | | Sepedi | 980 | 0.12% | | SiSwati | 946 | 0.12% | | Other | 916 | 0.11% | | Setswana | 409 | 0.05% | | Xitsonga | 142 | 0.02% | | Tshivenda | 128 | 0.02% |
Gender| Gender | Population | % | | Female | 434 244 | 53.98% | | Male | 370 212 | 46.02% |
Ethnic group| Ethnic group | Population | % | | Black African | 788 551 | 98.02% | | White | 13 769 | 1.71% | | Coloured | 1 521 | 0.19% | | Indian/Asian | 615 | 0.08% |
Age| Age | Population | % | | 000 - 004 | 103 541 2 | | 005 - 009 | 116 193 | 14.44% | | 010 - 014 | 119 925 | 14.91% | | 015 - 019 | 111 383 | 13.85% | | 020 - 024 | 69 637 | 8.66% | | 025 - 029 | 50 739 | 6.31% | | 030 - 034 | 40 514 | 5.04% | | 035 - 039 | 38 739 | 4.82% | | 040 - 044 | 33 628 | 4.18% | | 045 - 049 | 27 697 | 3.44% | | 050 - 054 | 21 735 | 2.70% | | 055 - 059 | 16 125 | 2.00% | | 060 - 064 | 16 825 | 2.09% | | 065 - 069 | 12 309 | 1.53% | | 070 - 074 | 11 606 | 1.44% | | 075 - 079 | 6 390 | 0.79% | | 080 - 084 | 4 962 | 0.62% | | 085 - 089 | 1 300 | 0.16% | | 090 - 094 | 647 | 0.08% | | 095 - 099 | 440 | 0.05% | | 100 plus | 121 | 0.02% |
PoliticsElection resultsElection results for Zululand in the South African general election, 2004. - Population 18 and over: 394 233 [49.01% of total population]
- Total votes: 218 270 [27.13% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 55.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % | | Inkatha Freedom Party | 169 028 | 77.44% | | African National Congress | 32 688 | 14.98% | | Democratic Alliance | 8 831 | 4.05% | | African Christian Democratic Party | 2 379 | 1.09% | | United Democratic Movement | 1 025 | 0.47% | | Freedom Front Plus | 845 | 0.39% | | New National Party | 531 | 0.24% | | Independent Democrats | 483 | 0.22% | | Azanian People's Organisation | 365 | 0.17% | | Pan African Congress | 231 | 0.11% | | Keep It Straight and Simple Party | 220 | 0.10% | | United Christian Democratic Party | 220 | 0.10% | | PJC | 210 | 0.10% | | Socialist Party of Azania | 188 | 0.09% | | Christian Democratic Party | 169 | 0.08% | | TOP | 167 | 0.08% | | NA | 160 | 0.07% | | EMSA | 155 | 0.07% | | Minority Front | 152 | 0.07% | | UF | 141 | 0.06% | | New Labour Party | 82 | 0.04% | | Total | 218 270 | 100.00% |
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See also- Municipal Demarcation Board
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=26 January 2016}}
External links - {{Official website|http://www.zululand.org.za/|Zululand DM official website}}
{{Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal}}{{Zululand District Municipality}}{{coord|28|19|S|31|25|E|type:adm1st_source:dewiki|display=title}}{{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub}} 1 : District Municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal |