Ugu District Municipality
Ugu aka indawo engenamanzi | |
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Location of Ugu District Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 30°45′S 30°26′E / 30.750°S 30.433°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Seat | Port Shepstone |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Sikhumbuzo Issac Mqadi |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,047 km2 (1,949 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 722,484 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 90.6% |
| • White | 4.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.4% |
| • Coloured | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 82.7% |
| • English | 8.3% |
| • Xhosa | 4.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.1% |
| • Other | 2.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | DC21 |
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The Ugu District Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda sase Ugu) is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is isiZulu for "coast". It governs the KZN South Coast and its seat is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 722,484 inhabitants spoke isiZulu as of 2011. The district code is DC21.
The largest towns in the municipality are Port Shepstone, Margate, Umzinto, Scottburgh and Harding.