Umzimvubu Local Municipality

Umzimvubu
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Alfred Nzo
Seat	Mount Frere
Wards	27
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bulelwa Patience Mabengu (African National Congress)
Area
• Total	2,577 km2 (995 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	191,620
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Xhosa	93.1%
• English	2.6%
• Other	4.3%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	EC442

Umzimvubu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Alfred Nzo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.

Umzimvubu, the name of the Mzimvubu River is an isiXhosa name which means "home of the hippopotamus".Umzimvubu Local Municipality falls within the Alfred Nzo District of the Eastern Cape Province. The Municipal area comprises an area of 2506 square kilometres. The Municipality has undergone a number of amendments in terms of municipal and ward demarcation which has a profound impact on planning in the area.^[4]

For more information with regards to this municipality kindly visit the site below: http://www.umzimvubu.gov.za/Parallax/index.aspx

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6][7]

References

1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. 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. 
4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Umzimvubu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2016. 
7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Umzimvubu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2016. 

External links

• http://www.umzimvubu.gov.za