eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
eThekwini
iTheku Durban | |
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| City of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | |
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Seal | |
Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Coordinates: 29°52′S 31°01′E / 29.867°S 31.017°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Seat | Durban |
| Wards | 103 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Cyril Xaba (ANC) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Zandile Myeni (NFP) |
| • Speaker | Thabang Nyawose (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,291.31 km2 (884.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 4,239,901 |
| • Density | 1,850.43/km2 (4,792.58/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 72.2% |
| • Coloured | 2.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 19.7% |
| • White | 6.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 62.8% |
| • English | 26.8% |
| • Xhosa | 3.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.7% |
| • Ndebele | 1.1% |
| • Other | 3.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | ETH |
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseThekwini) is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. As of 2011, the majority of its 3,442,361 inhabitants spoke isiZulu.