The uThukela District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase uThukela) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Its seat is Ladysmith. As of 2011, a majority of its 668,848 inhabitants spoke isiZulu. The district code is DC23.
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Geography
Neighbours
uThukela is surrounded by:
Amajuba to the north (DC25)
uMgungundlovu to the east (DC22)
uMzinyathi to the south (DC24)
the kingdom of Lesotho to the south-east
Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the west (DC19)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Politics
Election results
Election results for uThukela in the South African general election, 2004.
Population 18 and over: 350 092 [53.29% of total population]
Total votes: 177 230 [26.98% of total population]
Voting % estimate: 50.62% votes as a % of population 18 and over