# Zululand District Municipality

The Zululand District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda seZululand) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Ulundi. As of 2011, a majority of its 803,575 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC26.

## Geography
### Neighbours

Zululand is surrounded by:
* Amajuba to the north-west (DC25)
* Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north (DC30)
* The kingdom of Eswatini to the north
* Umkhanyakude to the east (DC27)
* Umzinyathi to the south-west (DC24)
* uThungulu to the south (DC28)

### Local municipalities

The 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% |

## Demographics

The 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 | % |
| 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% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election 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% |
| Peace and Justice Congress | 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% |