Nkangala District Municipality

Nkangala
District municipality

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Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
Seat Middelburg
Local municipalities
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Linah Malatjie (African National Congress (ANC))
Area
 • Total 16,758 km2 (6,470 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 1,308,129
 • Density 78/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%
 • Other 23.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code DC31

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 1 020 592 people is IsiNdebele (2001 Census). The district code is DC31.

Geography

Neighbours

Nkangala is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Capital Dominant language
Emalahleni276 41427.08%WitbankZulu
Thembisile Hani258 87825.37%KwaggafonteinSouthern Ndebele
Dr JS Moroka243 30823.84%SiyabuswaSouthern Ndebele, Northern Sotho
Steve Tshwete142 77713.99%MiddelburgNone
Victor Khanye56 2055.51%DelmasSouthern Ndebele, Zulu
Emakhazeni43 0084.21%BelfastSwazi
Mdala Nature Reserve00.00%--

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
IsiNdebele319 92031.35%
IsiZulu232 22822.75%
Sepedi161 33815.81%
Afrikaans75 2947.38%
SiSwati56 4965.54%
Setswana56 1445.50%
Sesotho42 4744.16%
Xitsonga31 6243.10%
IsiXhosa21 1992.08%
English17 7051.73%
Other3 5140.34%
Tshivenda2 6540.26%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female529 35451.87%
Male491 23848.13%

Ethnic group

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

Age

Age Population %
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.

  • Population 18 and over: 608 871 [59.66% of total population]
  • Total votes: 389 097 [38.12% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 63.90% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress333 52085.72%
Democratic Alliance30 2347.77%
United Democratic Movement4 1881.08%
Freedom Front Plus3 9971.03%
Pan African Congress3 7040.95%
African Christian Democratic Party3 6540.94%
Inkhata Freedom Party2 4310.62%
New National Party1 8330.47%
Independent Democrats1 7100.44%
United Christian Democratic Party9690.25%
Azanian People's Organisation8190.21%
SOPA3810.10%
NA2720.07%
EMSA2700.07%
UF2420.06%
CDP2260.06%
PJC2220.06%
TOP1310.03%
Minority Front1120.03%
NLP920.02%
KISS900.02%
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. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

Coordinates: 25°45′S 29°25′E / 25.750°S 29.417°E / -25.750; 29.417

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