Where is ethekwini municipality

The municipal headquarters of iLembe is in KwaDukuza Stanger. Ilembe District Municipality has a population of , and is the smallest of the 10 district Councils in KwaZulu-Natal. It is bordered by the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in the immediate south and linked to Richards Bay in the north by the coastal highway. This means that the district Municipality has good access to two major harbours Durban and Richards Bay as well as to the existing Durban International Airport and the future King Shaka International Airport.

Key to its economic potential is its position, strategically placed between Durban and Richards Bay. The core agricultural activites are sugarcane, vegetables, tunnel farming, flowers and nurseries. The industrial heart of the area is near Mandeni, where paper and sugar mills dominate. Uthukela Municipality is headquartered in Ladysmith.

It has a population of , and contains the following local municipalities:. The seat of this municipality is Pietermaritzburg. The manufacturing activity is largely concentrated around Pietermaritzburg. The dominant clusters include leather, aluminium products, chemicals, food and furniture.

The agricultural sector contributes Commercial agriculture is dominated by sugarcane, animal products and forestry.

The district, with a population of ,, contains the following local municipalities:. Ixopo is the headquarters of the Sisonko Municipality. The population is ,, and the main commercial activity is agriculture which includes cattle, poultry, citrus, sugarcane and fruit. The main centre of Umkhanyakude is Mkuze.

The population is , The main forms of commercial agriculture are sugarcane and timber, with cotton, sisal and pineapples also grown. However, commercial agriculture occupies only about square kilometres 2. Sugarcane is undergoing an expansion in the Mkuze District with the construction of a pipeline for irrigation from the Pongola Dam.

The municipal headquarters are in Ulundi. The district extends along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to the Pongola River in the north. With a population of ,, the district contains the following local municipalities:. The area is topographically hilly, with many gorges and ravines, and almost no true coastal plain.

Durban has a turbulent history dating from ivory hunters in the s and their conflict with the local Zulu monarchs. The province has the largest number of battlefields. It is a sophisticated cosmopolitan city of over 3 people. It is known as the home of Africa's best-managed, busiest port and is also a major centre of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches.

Its land area of 2, square km is comparatively larger than other South African cities. Durban Tourism is the leading domestic destination in South Africa. International visitors increased by 2.