Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality ; Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Metropolitan Municipality
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Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Eastern Cape
Seat	Port Elizabeth
surface	1,958.9 km²
Residents	1,152,115 (October 2011)
density	588 inhabitants per km²
key	NMA
ISO 3166-2	ZA-EC
Website	www.nelsonmandelabay.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor	Mongameli Bobani
Political party	United Democratic Movement

-33.95 25.6Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′ S , 25 ° 36 ′ E

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (formerly: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality ) is an amalgamation of the South African parishes of Port Elizabeth , Uitenhage , Despatch and other places under a joint administration to form the metropolitan municipality . This merger took place on December 5, 2000. The entire metropolitan municipality has 1,152,115 inhabitants (as of October 2011).

With Port Elizabeth as the fifth largest city in South Africa and an important port city, numerous tourism and Africa's largest VW plant in Uitenhage, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is the economic center of the Eastern Cape Province .

The metropolitan municipality is named after the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela , who was born in the Eastern Cape.

towns and places

The metropolitan municipality includes the following localities:

Townships

Due to the extensive industrial settlement, several townships developed between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage due to the need for labor. The year numbers indicate the origin of the respective township .

Walmer Township (1871)
New Brighton (1877), with the sub-settlements Boastville , Elundini , KwaFord , McNamee , Red Location , White Location
Bethelsdorp
KwaZakhele (1956)
KwaMagxaki (1985)
KwaDwesi (early 1980s)
Swartkops
Zwide
Motherwell (late 1980s)
Langa
KwaNobuhle

The White Location settlement was built as the first factory settlement based on the Native Urban Areas Act of 1923, an early apartheid law.

population

In 2011 the metropolitan municipality had 1,152,115 inhabitants. Of these, 60.1% were black, 23.6% colored , 14.4% white and 1.1% Indian or Asian.

First language was 53.2% IsiXhosa , 28.9% Afrikaans and 13.3% English.

history

The region was particularly characterized by its industrial development in the 20th century. The Ford company built a plant on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth in 1924. General Motors followed in 1926 at the same location. Later, Citroën , Volkswagen and Audi settled in the greater area between Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth .

On May 28, 2015, Danny Jordaan ( African National Congress ) was introduced as mayor. In the local elections in 2016 , the ANC was replaced by the Democratic Alliance , and Athol Trollip became mayor . He was replaced by Mongameli Bobani ( United Democratic Movement ) in August 2018 after a vote of no confidence ; Bobani is mainly supported by the ANC.

In 2017 the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University was renamed Nelson Mandela University .

Town twinning

Sister cities of the municipality are

Sweden Gothenburg , Sweden
United States Jacksonville , Florida, USA
China People's Republic Ningbo , People's Republic of China
Algeria Annaba , Algeria

Mozambique Beira , Mozambique
Senegal Wakhinane Nimzath , Dakar region, Senegal
Botswana Lobatse , Botswana

literature

Ernst Klimm, Karl-Günther Schneider, Bernd Wiese: Southern Africa . Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho. In: Werner Storkebaum (Ed.): Scientific country customers . tape 17 . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-534-04132-1 .