Hlabisa Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hlabisa

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Hlabisa_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of KwaZulu-Natal with Hlabisa highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

| map_caption = Location in KwaZulu-Natal

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = uMkhanyakude

| seat = Hlabisa

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 8

| government_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Bhekinkosi Ntombela

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1555

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 71925

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 99.4%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 0.1%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info1 = 95.0%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Southern Ndebele}}

| demographics2_info2 = 1.5%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 1.2%

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| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 2.3%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = KZN274

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Hlabisa was an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Hlabisa is an isiZulu surname of the two nkosis (kings) in the area. The municipality was situated within the vicinity of four Tribal Authorities which are the Mkhwanazi Tribal Authority, the Mdletshe Tribal Authority, and two Hlabisa Tribal Authorities.[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names]

The municipality was generally characterised by isolated rural communities with high levels of poverty. The most significant land use was subsistence agriculture and dispersed settlements, plantations and agriculture are found throughout the municipality. The major draw card of Hlabisa was the tourism industry centred on the adjacent game reserve.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kzntopbusiness.co.za/site/hlabisa-municipality# |title=KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Hlabisa Municipality |access-date=2010-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819075237/http://www.kzntopbusiness.co.za/site/hlabisa-municipality# |archive-date=2011-08-19 |url-status=dead }}

After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality.