Amathole District Municipality

Amathole District Municipality
—  District municipality  —
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates:
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Seat East London
Local municipalities
Government
 • Mayor Sakhumzi Somyo (ANC)
Time zone South African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC12
Website www.amathole.gov.za

Amathole is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Amathole is East London. Over 90% of its 1 664 259 people speak Xhosa (2001 Census). The district code is DC12. "Amathole" means calves, the name of the mountain range and forest which forms the northern boundary of the district.[1]

Contents

Government

The current Executive Mayor of Amathole District Municipality is Sakhumzi Somyo, and the Municipal Manager is Xolela Msweli.

Geography

Neighbours

Amathole is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
Buffalo City 701 873 42.17%
Mnquma 287 770 17.29%
Mbhashe 253 378 15.22%
Amahlathi 139 038 8.35%
Nkonkobe 128 664 7.73%
Ngqushwa 84 235 5.06%
Great Kei 44 452 2.67%
Nxuba 24 834 1.49%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Xhosa 1 525 470 91.66%
English 69 888 4.20%
Afrikaans 60 281 3.62%
Sotho 1 820 0.11%
Zulu 1 657 0.10%
Other 1 504 0.09%
Swati 1 345 0.08%
Ndebele 896 0.05%
Northern Sotho 659 0.04%
Tswana 384 0.02%
Venda 174 0.01%
Tsonga 166 0.01%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 892 862 53.65%
Male 771 397 46.35%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1 539 358 92.50%
White 67 945 4.08%
Coloured 52 185 3.14%
Indian/Asian 4 771 0.29%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 147 098 8.84%
005 - 009 192 361 11.56%
010 - 014 216 586 13.01%
015 - 019 208 995 12.56%
020 - 024 146 750 8.82%
025 - 029 115 632 6.95%
030 - 034 99 327 5.97%
035 - 039 96 666 5.81%
040 - 044 92 560 5.56%
045 - 049 77 430 4.65%
050 - 054 59 027 3.55%
055 - 059 47 029 2.83%
060 - 064 53 352 3.21%
065 - 069 38 858 2.33%
070 - 074 31 716 1.91%
075 - 079 18 830 1.13%
080 - 084 15 262 0.92%
085 - 089 4 022 0.24%
090 - 094 2 026 0.12%
095 - 099 559 0.03%
100 plus 173 0.01%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
African National Congress 523 630 82.99%
United Democratic Movement 50 559 8.01%
Democratic Alliance 32 467 5.15%
Pan African Congress 7 627 1.21%
African Christian Democratic Party 4 492 0.71%
Independent Democrats 3 680 0.58%
New National Party 2 600 0.41%
Freedom Front Plus 795 0.13%
Inkhata Freedom Party 785 0.12%
Azanian People's Organisation 765 0.12%
SOPA 740 0.12%
United Christian Democratic Party 625 0.10%
EMSA 407 0.06%
PJC 400 0.06%
UF 293 0.05%
NA 269 0.04%
CDP 257 0.04%
TOP 236 0.04%
KISS 132 0.02%
NLP 109 0.02%
Minority Front 85 0.01%
Total 630 953 100.00%

References

  1. ^ du Plessis, E.J. (1973). Suid-Afrikaanse berg- en riviername. Tafelberg-uitgewers, Cape Town. p. 68. ISBN 0-624-00273-X. 
Municipalities and communities of Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: East London
Local municipalities

Mnquma • Mbhashe • Amahlathi • Nkonkobe • Ngqushwa • Great Kei • Nxuba
Cities and towns

Adelaide • Alice • Bedford • Butterworth • Cathcart • Centane • Chintsa • Dutywa • Elliotdale • Fort Beaufort • Hagga-Hagga • Hamburg • Hogsback • Kei Mouth • Kei Road • Komga • Middledrift • Morgan's Bay • Nqamakwe • Peddie • Seymour • Stutterheim • Willowvale
Provincial Capital: Bhisho
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