List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) and ten district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into fifty local municipalities.

In the following map, eThekwini is shaded white and labelled "E", the district municipalities are shaded various other colours, and the local municipalities are numbered.

District and metropolitan municipalities

Map key	Name	Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2011)	Pop. density (per km²)
7000100000000000000♠1–3	Amajuba District Municipality	DC25	Newcastle	6,911	499,839	72.3
E	eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	ETH	Durban	2,292	3,442,361	1,501.9
7001360000000000000♠36–39	iLembe District Municipality	DC29	KwaDukuza	3,269	606,809	185.6
7001400000000000000♠40–44	Sisonke District Municipality	DC43	Ixopo	11,127	461,419	41.5
7001450000000000000♠45–50	Ugu District Municipality	DC21	Port Shepstone	5,047	722,484	143.2
7001290000000000000♠29–35	uMgungundlovu District Municipality	DC22	Pietermaritzburg	8,934	1,017,763	113.9
7000900000000000000♠9–13	uMkhanyakude District Municipality	DC27	Mkuze	12,821	625,846	48.8
7001200000000000000♠20–23	uMzinyathi District Municipality	DC24	Dundee	8,589	510,838	59.5
7001240000000000000♠24–28	uThukela District Municipality	DC23	Ladysmith	11,326	668,848	59.1
7001140000000000000♠14–19	uThungulu District Municipality	DC28	Richards Bay	8,213	907,519	110.5
7000400000000000000♠4–8	Zululand District Municipality	DC26	Ulundi	14,799	803,575	54.3

Local and metropolitan municipalities

Map key	Name	Code	District	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2011)	Pop. density (per km²)
6	Abaqulusi Local Municipality	KZN263	Zululand	Vryheid	4,185	211,060	50.4
2	Dannhauser Local Municipality	KZN254	Amajuba	Dannhauser	1,516	102,161	67.4
4	eDumbe Local Municipality	KZN261	Zululand	Paulpietersburg	1,943	82,053	42.2
3	eMadlangeni Local Municipality	KZN253	Amajuba	Utrecht	3,539	34,442	9.7
25	Emnambithi/Ladysmith Local Municipality	KZN232	uThukela	Ladysmith	2,965	237,437	80.1
20	Endumeni Local Municipality	KZN241	uMzinyathi	Dundee	1,610	64,862	40.3
E	eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	ETH		Durban	2,292	3,442,361	1,501.9
49	Ezingoleni Local Municipality	KZN215	Ugu	Izingolweni	648	52,540	81.1
42	Greater Kokstad Local Municipality	KZN433	Sisonke	Kokstad	2,680	65,981	24.6
50	Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality	KZN216	Ugu	Port Shepstone	839	256,135	305.3
12	Hlabisa Local Municipality	KZN274	uMkhanyakude	Hlabisa	1,555	71,925	46.3
28	Imbabazane Local Municipality	KZN236	uThukela	Ntabamhlophe	1,426	113,073	79.3
30	Impendle Local Municipality	KZN224	uMgungundlovu	Impendle	1,528	33,105	21.7
26	Indaka Local Municipality	KZN233	uThukela	Wasbank	992	103,116	103.9
41	Ingwe Local Municipality	KZN431	Sisonke	Creighton	1,976	100,548	50.9
9	Jozini Local Municipality	KZN272	uMkhanyakude	Jozini	3,442	186,502	54.2
39	KwaDukuza Local Municipality	KZN292	iLembe	KwaDukuza	735	231,187	314.5
40	KwaSani Local Municipality	KZN432	Sisonke	Himeville	1,852	12,898	7.0
37	Mandeni Local Municipality	KZN291	iLembe	Mandeni	545	138,078	253.4
36	Maphumulo Local Municipality	KZN294	iLembe	Maphumulo	896	96,724	108.0
17	Mbonambi Local Municipality	KZN281	uThungulu	KwaMbonambi	1,210	122,889	101.6
35	Mkhambathini Local Municipality	KZN226	uMgungundlovu	Camperdown	891	63,142	70.9
29	Mpofana Local Municipality	KZN223	uMgungundlovu	Mooi River	1,820	38,103	20.9
22	Msinga Local Municipality	KZN244	uMzinyathi	Tugela Ferry	2,501	177,577	71.0
33	Msunduzi Local Municipality	KZN225	uMgungundlovu	Pietermaritzburg	634	618,536	975.6
15	Mthonjaneni Local Municipality	KZN285	uThungulu	Melmoth	1,086	47,818	44.0
13	Mtubatuba Local Municipality	KZN275	uMkhanyakude	Mtubatuba	1,738	175,425	100.9
38	Ndwedwe Local Municipality	KZN293	iLembe	Ndwedwe	1,093	140,820	128.8
1	Newcastle Local Municipality	KZN252	Amajuba	Newcastle	1,855	363,236	195.8
14	Nkandla Local Municipality	KZN286	uThungulu	Nkandla	1,828	114,416	62.6
7	Nongoma Local Municipality	KZN265	Zululand	Nongoma	2,182	194,908	89.3
21	Nquthu Local Municipality	KZN242	uMzinyathi	Nquthu	1,962	165,307	84.3
16	Ntambanana Local Municipality	KZN283	uThungulu	Bhucanana	1,083	74,336	68.6
24	Okhahlamba Local Municipality	KZN235	uThukela	Bergville	3,971	132,068	33.3
34	Richmond Local Municipality	KZN227	uMgungundlovu	Richmond	1,256	65,793	52.4
11	The Big Five False Bay Local Municipality	KZN273	uMkhanyakude	Hluhluwe	2,121	35,258	16.6
44	Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality	KZN434	Sisonke	Ixopo	1,604	101,691	63.4
8	Ulundi Local Municipality	KZN266	Zululand	Ulundi	3,250	188,317	57.9
46	Umdoni Local Municipality	KZN212	Ugu	Scottburgh	252	78,875	313.0
10	uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality	KZN271	uMkhanyakude	Kwangwanase	3,964	156,736	39.5
19	uMhlathuze Local Municipality	KZN282	uThungulu	Richards Bay	793	334,459	421.8
18	uMlalazi Local Municipality	KZN284	uThungulu	Eshowe	2,214	213,601	96.5
31	uMngeni Local Municipality	KZN222	uMgungundlovu	Howick	1,567	92,710	59.2
32	uMshwathi Local Municipality	KZN221	uMgungundlovu	Wartburg	1,818	106,374	58.5
27	Umtshezi Local Municipality	KZN234	uThukela	Estcourt	1,972	83,153	42.2
48	uMuziwabantu Local Municipality	KZN214	Ugu	Harding	1,089	96,556	88.7
23	Umvoti Local Municipality	KZN245	uMzinyathi	Greytown	2,516	103,093	41.0
43	Umzimkhulu Local Municipality	KZN435	Sisonke	Umzimkhulu	2,435	180,302	74.0
47	Umzumbe Local Municipality	KZN213	Ugu	Mathulini	1,259	160,975	127.9
5	uPhongolo Local Municipality	KZN262	Zululand	Pongola	3,239	127,238	39.3
45	Vulamehlo Local Municipality	KZN211	Ugu	Scottburgh	960	77,403	80.6