Amajuba District Municipality

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Country South Africa Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 6,911 km² Black african population 93.1% Native english speakers 5.2%		Seat Newcastle Municipal code DC25 White population 3.4% Native afrikaans speakers 3.1% Province KwaZulu-Natal

Local municipalities List Newcastle eMadlangeni Dannhauser Points of interest Blackrock Casino, Chelmsford Nature Reserve, Ncandu Falls, Battlefields Route

Newcastle amajuba district municipality

Amajuba is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Amajuba is Newcastle. The majority of its 468,040 people speak Zulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC25

Map of Amajuba, South Africa

Tourism

The Amajuba District is marketed as a battlefields tourism destination. Amajuba is an isiZulu name meaning “a place of doves”. The impis of King Shaka named the area Amajuba in 1825. It is associated with peace and it is a world-renowned name. The area is also the site of a battle in which the Boers defeated the British in 1881.

Neighbours

Amajuba is surrounded by:

Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north (DC30)

Thabo Mofutsanyane in the Free State to the east (DC19)

Uthukela to the south-east (DC23)

Umzinyathi to the south-west (DC24)

Zululand to the west (DC26)

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Election results

Election results for Amajuba in the South African general election, 2004.

Population 18 and over: 267 712 [57.20% of total population]

Total votes: 118 344 [25.29% of total population]

Voting % estimate: 44.21% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

Amajuba District Municipality Wikipedia

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