Nkangala District Municipality

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Nkangala
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 25°45′S29°25′E / 25.750°S 29.417°E / -25.750; 29.417
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
Seat Middelburg
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Speedy Mashilo (ANC)
Area
 • Total
16,758 km2 (6,470 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
1,308,129
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 87.9%
 •  Coloured 1.1%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.7%
 •  White 9.9%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Southern Ndebele 28.4%
 •  Zulu 23.1%
 •  Northern Sotho 14.7%
 •  Afrikaans 10.0%
 • Other23.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC31

Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1,308,129 people is IsiNdebele with 28.4%, closely followed by Zulu speakers (2011 Census). The district code is DC31.

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Nkangala is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Capital townDominant language
eMalahleni 276 41427.08% eMalahleni Zulu
Thembisile Hani 258 87825.37% Kwaggafontein Southern Ndebele
Dr JS Moroka 243 30823.84% Siyabuswa Southern Ndebele
Steve Tshwete 142 77713.99% Middelburg Zulu
Victor Khanye 56 2055.51% Delmas Zulu
Emakhazeni 43 0084.21% Belfast Swazi

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
IsiNdebele 319 92031.35%
IsiZulu 232 22822.75%
Sepedi 161 33815.81%
Afrikaans 75 2947.38%
SiSwati 56 4965.54%
Setswana 56 1445.50%
Sesotho 42 4744.16%
Xitsonga 31 6243.10%
IsiXhosa 21 1992.08%
English 17 7051.73%
Other 3 5140.34%
Tshivenda 2 6540.26%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female529 35451.87%
Male491 23848.13%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African930 87391.21%
White78 2927.67%
Coloured8 7410.86%
Indian/Asian2 6860.26%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 004108 08710.59%
005 - 009114 03711.17%
010 - 014118 59011.62%
015 - 019118 04111.57%
020 - 02498 4299.64%
025 - 02988 1068.63%
030 - 03474 0847.26%
035 - 03969 4426.80%
040 - 04458 2515.71%
045 - 04947 9034.69%
050 - 05435 3593.46%
055 - 05925 0132.45%
060 - 06420 5502.01%
065 - 06914 3141.40%
070 - 07412 7821.25%
075 - 0797 3020.72%
080 - 0846 3440.62%
085 - 0892 2730.22%
090 - 0941 0800.11%
095 - 0994200.04%
100 plus1850.02%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 333 52085.72%
Democratic Alliance 30 2347.77%
United Democratic Movement 4 1881.08%
Freedom Front Plus 3 9971.03%
Pan African Congress 3 7040.95%
African Christian Democratic Party 3 6540.94%
Inkhata Freedom Party 2 4310.62%
New National Party 1 8330.47%
Independent Democrats 1 7100.44%
United Christian Democratic Party 9690.25%
Azanian People's Organisation 8190.21%
SOPA 3810.10%
NA 2720.07%
EMSA 2700.07%
UF 2420.06%
CDP 2260.06%
PJC 2220.06%
TOP 1310.03%
Minority Front 1120.03%
NLP 920.02%
KISS 900.02%
Total389 097100.00%

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. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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