Embal Hollow

Embal Hollow
	Embal Hollow
	Embal Hollow
Coordinates	26 ° 33 ′ S , 29 ° 4 ′ E Coordinates: 26 ° 33 ′ S , 29 ° 4 ′ E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Mpumalanga
District	Govan Mbeki
ISO 3166-2	ZA-MP
height	1570 m
Residents	118,889 (2011)

Embalenhle is a township in Govan Mbeki municipality in Mpumalanga province in South Africa . In the 2011 census , Embalenhle had 118,889 inhabitants and is currently the 20th largest city in South Africa . About 50% of the population speaks Zulu and about 10% each speaks Xhosa and Sesotho .

The township was founded as part of South Africa's racial segregation policy for the black workers who were needed for coal mining in the region, which is why they still make up 99% of the population today.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Main Place Embalenhle . 2011 Census, accessed April 3, 2017.
↑ Jörg Meyer-Stamer: The Perverse Effects of Mixing Local Economic Development and Community Development: An Example from South Africa , on meso-nrw.de. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

[census2011-1] Main Place Embalenhle . 2011 Census, accessed April 3, 2017.

[2] Jörg Meyer-Stamer: The Perverse Effects of Mixing Local Economic Development and Community Development: An Example from South Africa , on meso-nrw.de. Retrieved December 15, 2016.