iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.

The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza.

[3] The majority (82%) of its 606,809 people speak isiZulu as their first language (2011 census).

It was formerly named the King Shaka District Municipality.

[4] iLembe is surrounded by: The district contains the following local municipalities: The following statistics are from the 2011 census.