Abaqulusi Local Municipality
Abaqulusi Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wabaQulusi) is a local municipality within Zululand District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is named after the abaQulusi, a Zulu clan whose descendants live in the vicinities of Vryheid, Utrecht, Paulpietersburg and Louwsburg. They hailed from different origins but were unified by their allegiance to local Zulu royal homesteads.
Abaqulusi | |
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Local municipality | |
Location of Abaqulusi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 27°46′S 30°48′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| District | Zululand |
| Seat | Vryheid |
| Wards | 22 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mncedisi Cyril Maphisa (IFP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,185 km2 (1,616 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 211,060 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 95.4% |
| • Coloured | 0.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 3.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 91.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 3.0% |
| • English | 2.5% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.0% |
| • Other | 2.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | KZN263 |
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