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uMshwathi Local Municipality

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Summary

uMshwathi Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa[1]. It draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (local municipality of south africa category, ranking #37 of 236).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: uMgungundlovu District Municipality[3]
  • Country: South Africa[4]
  • Capital: Wartburg[5]
  • Inception: December 5, 2000[6]
  • Topic's main category: Q9148009[7]
  • Population: 106,374[8], 111,645[9]
  • Elevation above sea level: 835 m[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[11]

Why It Matters

uMshwathi Local Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Govdirectory South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . South African National Census of 2011. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Provincial profile: KwaZulu-Natal [Community Survey 2016]. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). uMshwathi Local Municipality. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/umshwathi-local-municipality
MLA “uMshwathi Local Municipality.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/umshwathi-local-municipality.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_umshwathi-local-municipality_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{uMshwathi Local Municipality}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/umshwathi-local-municipality}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Derek J Moore · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 610733
    Geoshape → Data:KZN221.map
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'it', 'nl', 'nov', 'nso', 'pl', 'zu']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Geoshape: Data:KZN221.map"
  2. 21w ago · Derek J Moore · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Wartburg
    Population → —
    Openstreetmap relation id → 610733
    Instance of → local municipality of South Africa
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 610733"
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