Ehlanzeni District Municipality

Ehlanzeni
District municipality

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Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
Seat Nelspruit
Local municipalities
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Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Jester Sidel
Area
 • Total 27,896 km2 (10,771 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 1,688,615
 • Density 61/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%
 • Other 9.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code DC32

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

Geography

Neighbours

Ehlanzeni is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Mbombela474 80550.26%Swazi
Nkomazi334 41935.40%Swazi
Thaba Chweu81 2388.60%Northern Sotho
Umjindi53 7455.69%Swazi
Bushbuckridge4950.05%Tsonga

Bushbuckridge was Lowveld Local Municipality.

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
SiSwati737 53478.07%
Xitsonga64 9876.88%
Sepedi40 5134.29%
Afrikaans39 7314.21%
English18 1031.92%
IsiZulu16 3111.73%
Sesotho16 0921.70%
Setswana3 4780.37%
IsiNdebele2 4110.26%
Other2 4070.25%
IsiXhosa2 2600.24%
Tshivenda8750.09%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female491 21252.00%
Male453 45348.00%

Ethnic group

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

Age

Age Population %
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.

  • Population 18 and over: 537 768 [56.93% of total population]
  • Total votes: 333 737 [35.33% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 62.06% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress298 81089.53%
Democratic Alliance20 5236.15%
African Christian Democratic Party3 0870.92%
United Democratic Movement3 0060.90%
Freedom Front Plus1 8910.57%
Pan African Congress1 4600.44%
New National Party1 2160.36%
Independent Democrats1 0560.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party1 0380.31%
Azanian People's Organisation3480.10%
United Christian Democratic Party2820.08%
SOPA1720.05%
NA1360.04%
EMSA1300.04%
CDP1240.04%
PJC1180.04%
UF1180.04%
TOP750.02%
KISS620.02%
NLP540.02%
Minority Front310.01%
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.

Coordinates: 25°27′00″S 30°58′59″E / 25.450°S 30.983°E / -25.450; 30.983

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