Abaqulusi Local Municipality
Abaqulusi | |
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Location of Abaqulusi Local Municipality within KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 27°46′S 30°48′E / 27.767°S 30.800°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 | 50.43/km2 (130.6/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 |
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.