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Latest city population figures (based on 2001 census)

• 3 090 117 - with middle AIDS scenario projecting that the 2020 figure will also be 3 million

Size of municipal area

• 2 297 square kilometres. Click here for more about the city's geographic location.
  
• Although the eThekwini Municipal area occupies only 1.4% of the total area of the province, it contains just over a third of the population of KwaZulu-Natal and 60% of its economic activity.
  

Municipal Budget (Operating and Capital) 

• Assumptions - Capital

• Assumptions - Operating

Based on the following increases:

• No provision for growth was made in respect of Water and Electricity Services. The increase in respect of Capital Charges were based on an anticipated 5.5% macro increase in capital expenditure.)
  

Number of elected councillors

• 200 (100 ward councillors and 100 proportional representatives)

Municipal staff employed

• 18 500

Gross geographic product (GGP)

• R25 529 per person per year (This is higher than that of South Africa as a whole - R17 756).

The City's natural assets

• 98 kilometers of coastline
• 18 catchments
• 17 estuaries
• 4000 kilometres of rivers
• 63 114ha open space
• R3.2 billion - value of services per annum