Emalahleni (Mpumalanga)
| Emalahleni Emalahleni Local Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Nkangala | |
| Seat | eMalahleni | |
| surface | 2678 km² | |
| Residents | 395,466 (October 2011) | |
| density | 148 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | MP312 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-MP | |
| Website | www.emalahleni.gov.za/online2/ (English) | |
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| mayor | Lindiwe Ntshalintshali | |
| Political party | African National Congress | |
Coordinates: 26 ° 0 ′ S , 29 ° 10 ′ E
Emalahleni (English: Emalahleni Local Municipality ) is a municipality in the Nkangala district in the South African province of Mpumalanga . The seat of the municipality is eMalahleni . The community name means “coal” in isiZulu and isiNdebele . Another municipality in the Eastern Cape Province bears the same name.
The community is run by the African National Congress ; Mayoress is Lindiwe Ntshalintshali.
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population
The population increased in five years from 395,466 (2011 census) to 455,228 (2016).
Of the population in 2011, 81.3% were black, 15.7% white, 1.7% colored and 0.9% Indian or Asian .
The first language was 38.6% isiZulu , 14.9% Afrikaans , 11.3% Sepedi , 8.9% isiNdebele , 5.8% Siswati , 5.6% English, 3.5% Xitsonga , 3.2% Sesotho , 3.1% isiXhosa , 1.2% Setswana and 0.5% Tshivenda .
Web links
- The community site (English)
- Description at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ANC Announces Mpumalanga mayors. 013.co.za of August 9, 2016, accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ www.localgovernment.co.za: Emalahleni Local Municipality (MP312): Demographic
- ↑ Stats SA: Community Survey 2016 (accessed September 17, 2017)
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=emalahleni-municipality-2