Emfuleni

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Emfuleni
Emfuleni Local Municipality
Map of Gauteng with Emfuleni highlighted (2016) .svg
Emfuleni (South Africa)
Emfuleni
Emfuleni
Basic data
Country South Africa
province Gauteng
District Sedibeng
Seat Vanderbijlpark
surface 966 km²
Residents 721,663 (October 2011)
density 747 inhabitants per km²
key GT421
ISO 3166-2 ZA-GP
Website www.emfuleni.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor Poison Moerane
Vanderbijlpark
Vanderbijlpark

Coordinates: 26 ° 39 ′  S , 27 ° 58 ′  E

Emfuleni ( English Emfuleni Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Sedibeng district , Gauteng province in South Africa . The seat of the municipal administration is in Vanderbijlpark . Poison Moerane is he mayor.

towns and places

population

In 2011 the community had 721,663 inhabitants. Of these, 85.4% were black, 12% white, 1.2% colored and 1% Indian or Asian .

The first language was 52% Sesotho , 13% isiZulu , 12.4% Afrikaans, 7.8% IsiXhosa , 4.4% English, 2.5% Setswana , 1.6% Sepedi , 1, 3% Xitsonga , 0.5% each isiNdebele and Tshivenda , and 1.6% another language.

Attractions

Town twinning

There are partnerships with the Dutch cities of Tilburg and Eindhoven .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Emfuleni Local Municipality (GT421) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
  2. 2011 census: Emfuleni . accessed on July 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Statistics South Africa : Emfuleni . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).
  4. Raadsvoorstel - Gemeente Tilburg. (PDF) Retrieved October 22, 2015 .
  5. ^ Emfuleni Local Municipality - Media Room. Retrieved October 22, 2015 .