Ehlanzeni District Municipality

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Ehlanzeni
Ehlanzeni CoA.png
Map of South Africa with Ehlanzeni highlighted (2011).svg
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 25°27′00″S30°58′59″E / 25.450°S 30.983°E / -25.450; 30.983
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
Seat Mbombela
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorJesta Sidell (ANC)
Area
  Total
27,896 km2 (10,771 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
1,688,615
  Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 94.0%
   Coloured 0.6%
   Indian/Asian 0.4%
   White 4.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
   Swazi 54.5%
   Tsonga 21.8%
   Northern Sotho 10.3%
   Afrikaans 4.0%
  Other9.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC32

Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Ehlanzeni is Mbombela. The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati (2001 Census). The district code is DC32.

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Ehlanzeni is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Mbombela 528 55055.95% Swazi
Nkomazi 334 41935.40%Swazi
Thaba Chweu 81 2388.60% Northern Sotho
Bushbuckridge 4950.05% Tsonga

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
SiSwati 737 53478.07%
Xitsonga 64 9876.88%
Sepedi 40 5134.29%
Afrikaans 39 7314.21%
English 18 1031.92%
IsiZulu 16 3111.73%
Sesotho 16 0921.70%
Setswana 3 4780.37%
IsiNdebele 2 4110.26%
Other 2 4070.25%
IsiXhosa 2 2600.24%
Tshivenda 8750.09%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female491 21252.00%
Male453 45348.00%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African889 43694.15%
White45 8094.85%
Coloured6 8510.73%
Indian/Asian2 5690.27%

Age

AgePopulation%
000–004108 89811.53%
005–009112 74711.94%
010–014116 68312.35%
015–019113 50412.02%
020–02493 0239.85%
025–02985 3749.04%
030–03468 9297.30%
035–03961 1126.47%
040–04444 8854.75%
045–04937 2703.95%
050–05427 0342.86%
055–05918 5731.97%
060–06418 6621.98%
065–06912 4531.32%
070–07411 8831.26%
075–0795 6980.60%
080–0845 1320.54%
085–0891 5250.16%
090–0948040.09%
095–0993240.03%
100 plus1520.02%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 298 81089.53%
Democratic Alliance 20 5236.15%
African Christian Democratic Party 3 0870.92%
United Democratic Movement 3 0060.90%
Freedom Front Plus 1 8910.57%
Pan African Congress 1 4600.44%
New National Party 1 2160.36%
Independent Democrats 1 0560.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1 0380.31%
Azanian People's Organisation 3480.10%
United Christian Democratic Party 2820.08%
SOPA 1720.05%
NA 1360.04%
EMSA 1300.04%
CDP 1240.04%
PJC 1180.04%
UF 1180.04%
TOP 750.02%
KISS 620.02%
NLP 540.02%
Minority Front 310.01%
Total333 737100.00%

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.