Albert Luthuli (Parish)
| Albert Luthuli Albert Luthuli Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Gert Sibande | |
| Seat | Carolina | |
| surface | 5559 km² | |
| Residents | 186,010 (October 2011) | |
| density | 33 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | MP301 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-MP | |
| Website | www.albertluthuli.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Dan Nkosi | |
Coordinates: 26 ° 3 ′ S , 30 ° 26 ′ E
Albert Luthuli or Chief Albert Luthuli is a community in the Gert Sibande district , Mpumalanga province in South Africa with its seat in Carolina . Busisiwe Shiba is the mayor.
The population increased in five years from 186,010 (2011 census) to 187,629 (2016).
The community is named after Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli (1898–1967). Luthuli was a tribal leader of the Zulu , teacher and religious leader and from 1952 to 1967 president of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1960 he was the first African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize .
Localities
- Badplaas (eManzana)
- Bettysgoed
- Carolina
- Diepdale
- Diepgezet
- Dundonald
- Eerstehoek
- Ekulindeni
- Empuluzi
- Elukwatini
- Hartebeeskop
- Lochiel
- Manaar
- Moddergat
- Mooiplaas
- Steynsdorp
- Tjakastad.
population
Data status 2011, census .
Population groups:
| Population group | number | proportion of |
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| Black African | 181,531 | 97.59% |
| white | 2,938 | 1.58% |
| Indians or Asians | 755 | 0.41% |
| Colored | 434 | 0.23% |
| other | 353 | 0.19% |
Languages:
| language | Residents | % |
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| Siswati | 105.353 | 57.03% |
| isiZulu | 64,296 | 34.81% |
| English | 3,772 | 2.04% |
| Afrikaans | 3,020 | 1.63% |
| isiNdebele | 2,663 | 1.44% |
| Others | 1,264 | 0.68% |
| Xitsonga | 1.104 | 0.60% |
| Sesotho | 804 | 0.44% |
| Sepedi | 754 | 0.41% |
| Setswana | 466 | 0.25% |
| Sign language | 438 | 0.24% |
| isiXhosa | 427 | 0.23% |
| Tshivenda | 370 | 0.20% |
| unknown | 1280 |
Nature reserves
- Nooitgedacht Dam Nature Reserve
- Songimvelo Nature Reserve
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
- www.demarcation.org: Map with municipal boundaries (pdf)