Alfred Nzo District Municipality

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Alfred Nzo
District municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°48′S29°22′E / 30.800°S 29.367°E / -30.800; 29.367
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Seat Mount Ayliff
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
Area
 • Total10,731 km2 (4,143 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total801,344
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 99.1%
 •  Coloured 0.4%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Xhosa 84.6%
 •  Sotho 8.8%
 •  English 2.3%
 •  Zulu 1.2%
 • Other3.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC44

The Alfred Nzo District Municipality (Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Alfred Nzo) is one of the 6 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 801,344 residents speak isiXhosa. [4] The district code is DC44.

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It is named after Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo, a former secretary-general of the African National Congress and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nelson Mandela's cabinet from 1994 to 1999.

Geography

The Alfred Nzo District Municipality contains the following towns: Mount Frere, Mount Ayliff, Maluti and Matatiele. It is the smallest and one of the poorest districts in the province.

Neighbours

Alfred Nzo is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
Matatiele 203,84325.44%
Ntabankulu 123,97615.47%
Umzimvubu 191,62023.91%
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 281,90535.18%

After the 2011 municipal election, Alfred Nzo District was expanded by including Mbizana Local Municipality and Ntabankulu Local Municipality, previously part of OR Tambo District Municipality. [5]

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Languages

LanguagePopulation%
Xhosa 673,51984.58%
Sotho 69,8118.77%
English18,0902.27%
Zulu 9,9541.25%
Sign language 7,1890.90%
Afrikaans 6,7160.84%
Other 4,5950.58%
Northern Sotho 2,2750.29%
Ndebele 2,0430.26%
Tswana 1,3600.17%
Venda 3580.04%
Tsonga 2310.03%
Swati 1870.02%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female434,85754.27%
Male366,48845.73%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African794,38299.13%
Coloured3,3070.41%
White1,8980.24%
Indian/Asian1,1320.14%
Other6240.08%

Age

AgePopulation%
000–00468,15212.38%
005–00985,02215.45%
010–01489,08316.19%
015–01973,87513.42%
020–02441,5037.54%
025–02928,4895.18%
030–03423,4594.26%
035–03923,4014.25%
040–04421,7293.95%
045–04918,4783.36%
050–05415,8722.88%
055–05913,4752.45%
060–06413,3982.43%
065–06913,2662.41%
070–0749,9801.81%
075–0795,5401.01%
080–0844,0090.73%
085–0891,00830.0%
090–0944200.08%
095–0991950.04%
100 plus380.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Alfred Nzo in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 151,60588.14%
United Democratic Movement 14,4498.40%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1,8031.05%
Pan African Congress 8020.47%
African Christian Democratic Party 6830.40%
Democratic Alliance 5330.31%
SOPA 3400.20%
Azanian People's Organisation 2580.15%
New National Party 2010.12%
United Christian Democratic Party 2000.12%
EMSA 1910.11%
Freedom Front Plus 1900.11%
PJC 1290.07%
NA 1250.07%
UF 1030.06%
TOP 980.06%
Independent Democrats 930.05%
CDP 650.04%
KISS 480.03%
Minority Front 480.03%
NLP 370.02%
Total172,001100.00%

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ 2011 Census
  5. ↑ "MFMA Circular No. 54: Municipal Budget Circular for the 2011/12 MTREF" (PDF). National Treasury. 10 December 2010. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2011.

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