Alfred Nzo (District)

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Alfred Nzo
Alfred Nzo District Municipality
Map of the Eastern Cape with Alfred Nzo highlighted (2016) .svg
Basic data
Country South Africa
province Eastern Cape
Seat Mount Ayliff
surface 10,731 km²
Residents 801,344 (October 2011)
density 75 inhabitants per km²
key DC44
ISO 3166-2 ZA-EC
Website www.andm.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor Sixolile Mehlomakhulu

Coordinates: 30 ° 48 ′  S , 29 ° 22 ′  E

The district Alfred Nzo ( English Alfred Nzo District Municipality ) is located in the South African province of Eastern Cape . 801,344 inhabitants live in an area of ​​10,731 km² (as of October 2011). The capital is Mount Ayliff .

The district is named after the former ANC Secretary General Alfred Nzo (1925–2000), who was also South African Foreign Minister from 1994 to 1999. The district is one of the poorest in South Africa. Around 24 percent of the population are infected with HIV .

Communities

The district consists of the four parishes Umzimvubu (administrative seat Mount Ayliff), Matatiele (administrative seat Matatiele ), Mbizana and Ntabankulu . Mbizana and Ntabankulu belonged to the OR Tambo district until 2011 .

As an example of the infrastructure here is the water supply for households (HWA = own domestic water connection; ÖWA = public water connection nearby; KWA = no connection to a water supply network):

local community Administrative headquarters surface HWA Ö WA KWA
Umzimvubu Mount Ayliff 2506 km² 1 % 35% 65%
Matatiele Matatiele 4352 km² 25% 59% 16%

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
  2. ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
  3. ↑ Circular on territorial reform, p. 5 (PDF file, English; 155 kB), accessed on January 1, 2013
  4. ^ Community statistics South Africa