UMshwathi Local Municipality

UMshwathi (also uMshwati, Eng. uMshwathi Local Municipality ) is a town in South Africa's District uMgungundlovu in the province of KwaZulu -Natal. The administrative center of the municipality is located in Wartburg. Marshal Gwala is the mayor. The IFP represents the majority in the City Council.

The name of the village comes from the uMshwati River, which flows through the community. 2007, the municipality had 113 054 inhabitants according to projections. It covers an area of 1818 square kilometers.

The most important places in the community are Wartburg, New Hanover, Cool Air, Dalton, Mpolweni and Cramond.

Geography

UMshwathi located in the center of KwaZulu-Natal. The municipality is bordered to the north by Umvoti, to the east and to the south by Ndwedwe eThekwini, Msunduzi and Mkhambathini. West of uMshwathi is uMngeni and Northwest Mpofana.

In uMshwathi there are two reservoirs, the Albert Falls Dam and the Nagle Dam.

History

UMshwathi has a strong German heritage, which can be seen in many place names. Middle of the 19th century came to settle here, farmers, missionaries and other settlers from Germany. Places are carrying the German name for example Harburg, Kirchdorf, New Hanover, Lilli Thal, Schroeders and Hermannsburg. Namesake of the municipal seat of the municipality is the German Wartburg translated the Bible in Martin Luther into German.

Economy

UMshwati is centrally located and has the N2 and N3 good transport links. In addition, the community is located just 30 kilometers from Pietermaritzburg, capital of KwaZulu-Natal, removed. The cultivation of sugar cane is also on the town also important and the most important economic mainstay. In addition, there are commercial forests, livestock and poultry breeding.

Major companies are in the community Sappi, Mondi, Triple AAA, Union Corp. and Illovo, who settled around agriculture.

For tourism, the Wartburg Hof, a German Hotel and Restaurant significant.