Nkangala District Municipality

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.

Nkangala
Seal
Location in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
SeatMiddelburg
Local municipalities
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorLinah Malatjie (African National Congress (ANC))
Area
  Total16,758 km2 (6,470 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total1,308,129
  Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African87.9%
  Coloured1.1%
  Indian/Asian0.7%
  White9.9%
First languages (2011)
  Southern Ndebele28.4%
  Zulu23.1%
  Northern Sotho14.7%
  Afrikaans10.0%
  Other23.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC31

Geography

Neighbours

Nkangala is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Capital town 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

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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.