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Okhahlamba
—  Local municipality  —
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E / -28.733; 29.367Coordinates: 28°44′S 29°22′E / 28.733°S 29.367°E / -28.733; 29.367
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uThukela
Seat	Bergville
Wards	14
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Vikizitha Richard Mlotshwa
Area
• Total	3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2][3]
• Total	132,068
• Density	33.3/km2 (86/sq mi)
• Households	27,576
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	97.1%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2.1%
First languages (2011)[4]
• Zulu	91.6%
• English	1.9%
• Southern Ndebele	1.2%
• Afrikaans	1.0%
• Other	4.3%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	KZN235

Okhahlamba Local Municipality is a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Society and Culture [edit]

Museums, monuments and memorials [edit]

Spion Kop [edit]

British memorial at Spion Kop

Media related to Spioenkop Battlefield Memorials at Wikimedia Commons

This large battlefield located some 30 km outside Ladysmith contains the mass graves of British soldiers, individual graves as well as a number of memorials, including a Boer memorial, British memorial, South Lancashire memorial and Imperial Light Infantry memorial.

Nature reserves [edit]

Spioenkop Nature Reserve [edit]

25 kilometres (16 mi) from Ladysmith is one of South Africa’s popular wildlife sanctuaries, Spioenkop Nature Reserve. This 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) reserve is home to animals such as the rhino, giraffe and zebra. The sporting activities that Spioenkop offers include hiking, horse riding, angling, yachting, water-skiing and power boating. Spioenkop is also supplies other parts of Gauteng with water because in Gauteng there is a shortage of water.

Main places [edit]

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

References [edit]

1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Table: Census 2011 by municipalities, age group, gender and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 
3. ^ "Table: Census 2011, Municipalities, household size by population group of head of the household". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 
4. ^ "Table: Census 2011 by municipalities,language, gender and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 
5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa

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