Back EThekwini Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit Afrikaans EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality CEB EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality German Municipio Metropolitano de eThekwini Spanish EThekwini French Municipalità metropolitana di eThekwini Italian EThekwini Dutch Etekwini NOV EThekwini NSO Этеквини Russian
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eThekwini
iTheku Durban | |
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| City of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | |
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.svg) Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E / 29.867°S 31.017°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Seat | Durban |
| Wards | 103 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mxolisi Kaunda (ANC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Zandile Myeni (NFP) |
| • Speaker | Thabang Nyawose (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,291.31 km2 (884.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,239,901 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 71.6% |
| • Coloured | 2.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 19.7% |
| • White | 6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 62.8% |
| • English | 26.8% |
| • Xhosa | 3.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.7% |
| • Ndebele | 1.1% |
| • Other | 3.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | ETH |
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.
- ^ "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.