Port St. Johns (Parish)

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Port St. Johns
Port St. Johns Local Municipality
Map of the Eastern Cape with Port St Johns highlighted (2016) .svg
Basic data
Country South Africa
province Eastern Cape
District OR TamboTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Port St. Johns
surface 1291 km²
Residents 156,136 (October 2011)
density 121 inhabitants per km²
key EC154
ISO 3166-2 ZA-EC
Website www.psjmunicipality.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor Phikolomzi Langa
Political party African National Congress

Coordinates: 31 ° 38 ′  S , 29 ° 32 ′  E

Port St. Johns ( Port St. Johns Local Municipality ; occasionally Port St Johns written) is a community in the South African province of Eastern Cape (Eastern Cape). It belongs to the OR Tambo district .

The administrative seat of the community is the coastal town of Port St. Johns . In 2011, 156,136 people lived in the area on an area of ​​1291 square kilometers. The municipality is named after the administrative seat, which is also the only larger place.

The African National Congress leads the congregation. Mayor is Phikolomzi Langa.

population

In 2011 the community had 156,153 inhabitants. 99.3% of them were black.

First language was 94.6% IsiXhosa and 2.6% English.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census , accessed October 29, 2016
  2. Management of the Port St. Johns Local Municipality on localgovernment.co.za (English), accessed on October 29, 2016
  3. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=port-st-johns-municipality