Newcastle Local Municipality
Local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Newcastle Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Newcastle) is a local municipality within the Amajuba District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
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Newcastle | |
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![]() Location in KwaZulu-Natal | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | Amajuba |
Seat | Newcastle |
Wards | 34 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
Area | |
• Total | 1,855 km2 (716 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 363,236 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 91.9% |
• Coloured | 0.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.2% |
• White | 3.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 85.6% |
• English | 6.4% |
• Afrikaans | 3.5% |
• Other | 4.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | KZN252 |
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