- Nkangala District Municipality
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A map of Mpumalanga showing the Nkangala district
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.
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Geography
Neighbours
Nkangala is surrounded by:
- Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the north
- Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the north-east
- Gert Sibande (DC30) to the south
- Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-west
- Ekurhuleni (EastRand) to the south-west
- Metsweding (CBDC2) to the west
- Waterberg (DC36) to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality Population % Capital Emalahleni 276 414 27.08% Witbank Thembisile Hani 258 878 25.37% Empumalanga? Dr JS Moroka 243 308 23.84% Siyabuswa Steve Tshwete 142 777 13.99% Middelburg Delmas 56 205 5.51% Delmas Emakhazeni 43 008 4.21% Belfast Mdala Nature Reserve 0 0.00% Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language Population % IsiNdebele 319 920 31.35% IsiZulu 232 228 22.75% Sepedi 161 338 15.81% Afrikaans 75 294 7.38% SiSwati 56 496 5.54% Setswana 56 144 5.50% Sesotho 42 474 4.16% Xitsonga 31 624 3.10% IsiXhosa 21 199 2.08% English 17 705 1.73% Other 3 514 0.34% Tshivenda 2 654 0.26% Gender
Gender Population % Female 529 354 51.87% Male 491 238 48.13% Ethnic group
Ethnic group Population % Black African 930 873 91.21% White 78 292 7.67% Coloured 8 741 0.86% Indian/Asian 2 686 0.26% Age
Age Population % 000 - 004 108 087 10.59% 005 - 009 114 037 11.17% 010 - 014 118 590 11.62% 015 - 019 118 041 11.57% 020 - 024 98 429 9.64% 025 - 029 88 106 8.63% 030 - 034 74 084 7.26% 035 - 039 69 442 6.80% 040 - 044 58 251 5.71% 045 - 049 47 903 4.69% 050 - 054 35 359 3.46% 055 - 059 25 013 2.45% 060 - 064 20 550 2.01% 065 - 069 14 314 1.40% 070 - 074 12 782 1.25% 075 - 079 7 302 0.72% 080 - 084 6 344 0.62% 085 - 089 2 273 0.22% 090 - 094 1 080 0.11% 095 - 099 420 0.04% 100 plus 185 0.02% 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 Congress 333 520 85.72% Democratic Alliance 30 234 7.77% United Democratic Movement 4 188 1.08% Freedom Front Plus 3 997 1.03% Pan African Congress 3 704 0.95% African Christian Democratic Party 3 654 0.94% Inkhata Freedom Party 2 431 0.62% New National Party 1 833 0.47% Independent Democrats 1 710 0.44% United Christian Democratic Party 969 0.25% Azanian People's Organisation 819 0.21% SOPA 381 0.10% NA 272 0.07% EMSA 270 0.07% UF 242 0.06% CDP 226 0.06% PJC 222 0.06% TOP 131 0.03% Minority Front 112 0.03% NLP 92 0.02% KISS 90 0.02% Total 389 097 100.00% References
- Nkangala DM Official Website
- Municipal Demarcation Board
- Stats SA Census 2001 page
- Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results
Delmas • Emalahleni • Steve Tshwete • Emakhazeni • Thembisile • Dr JS Moroka
Cities Province of Mpumalanga, South Africa Provincial Capital: Nelspruit District
and Local
MunicipalitiesNkangalaCategories:- District municipalities of Mpumalanga
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