Ehlanzeni
District municipality
Official seal of Ehlanzeni
Seal
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 25°27′00″S 30°58′59″E / 25.450°S 30.983°E / -25.450; 30.983
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
SeatMbombela
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJesta Sidell (ANC)
Area
 • Total27,896 km2 (10,771 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total1,688,615
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African94.0%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White4.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Swazi54.5%
 • Tsonga21.8%
 • Northern Sotho10.3%
 • Afrikaans4.0%
 • Other9.4%
Time zoneUTC+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.

Geography

Neighbours

Ehlanzeni is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Mbombela 474 805 50.26% Swazi
Nkomazi 334 419 35.40% Swazi
Thaba Chweu 81 238 8.60% Northern Sotho
Umjindi 53 745 5.69% Swazi
Bushbuckridge 495 0.05% Tsonga

Bushbuckridge was Lowveld Local Municipality.

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
SiSwati 737 534 78.07%
Xitsonga 64 987 6.88%
Sepedi 40 513 4.29%
Afrikaans 39 731 4.21%
English 18 103 1.92%
IsiZulu 16 311 1.73%
Sesotho 16 092 1.70%
Setswana 3 478 0.37%
IsiNdebele 2 411 0.26%
Other 2 407 0.25%
IsiXhosa 2 260 0.24%
Tshivenda 875 0.09%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 491 212 52.00%
Male 453 453 48.00%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 889 436 94.15%
White 45 809 4.85%
Coloured 6 851 0.73%
Indian/Asian 2 569 0.27%

Age

Age Population %
000–004 108 898 11.53%
005–009 112 747 11.94%
010–014 116 683 12.35%
015–019 113 504 12.02%
020–024 93 023 9.85%
025–029 85 374 9.04%
030–034 68 929 7.30%
035–039 61 112 6.47%
040–044 44 885 4.75%
045–049 37 270 3.95%
050–054 27 034 2.86%
055–059 18 573 1.97%
060–064 18 662 1.98%
065–069 12 453 1.32%
070–074 11 883 1.26%
075–079 5 698 0.60%
080–084 5 132 0.54%
085–089 1 525 0.16%
090–094 804 0.09%
095–099 324 0.03%
100 plus 152 0.02%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
African National Congress 298 810 89.53%
Democratic Alliance 20 523 6.15%
African Christian Democratic Party 3 087 0.92%
United Democratic Movement 3 006 0.90%
Freedom Front Plus 1 891 0.57%
Pan African Congress 1 460 0.44%
New National Party 1 216 0.36%
Independent Democrats 1 056 0.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1 038 0.31%
Azanian People's Organisation 348 0.10%
United Christian Democratic Party 282 0.08%
SOPA 172 0.05%
NA 136 0.04%
EMSA 130 0.04%
CDP 124 0.04%
PJC 118 0.04%
UF 118 0.04%
TOP 75 0.02%
KISS 62 0.02%
NLP 54 0.02%
Minority Front 31 0.01%
Total 333 737 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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