Amatole District Municipality
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Amatole District Municipality

Administration
Full nameAmatole District Municipality
Settlement typeDistrict municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Government
MayorSakhumzi Somyo
Demography
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Racial makeup
Other information
Time zoneSouth African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Municipal codeDC12

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Amatole is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Amatole is East London. Over 90% of its 1 664 259 people speak Xhosa (2001 Census). The district code is DC12. Amatole means calves, the name of the mountain range and forest which forms the northern boundary of the district.

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Expo shows off EL business - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--Strategic partners in the expo ranged from the Daily Dispatch to the East Cape Development Corporation, -Amathole District Municipality-, Hemingways Mall, ... - Date : Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:48:03 GMT+00:00
R350m dam to be built in Wild Coast - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--VILLAGERS in the Transkei's Wild Coast hit by drought and diseases will get some major relief from -Amathole District Municipality's- (ADM) construction of a ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:18:15 GMT+00:00
Board insists it fired municipal boss - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--Former chairman Mlokoti, who is now municipal manager of the -Amathole District Municipality-, said: “Dr Zitha settled her dismissal on condition that the ... - Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:06:59 GMT+00:00
Start saving water now - Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Dispatch Online--This newspaper reported on Friday how national government declared the -Amathole District Municipality- a disaster area. In a town like Dutywa, residents are ... - Date : Mon, 24 May 2010 04:29:45 GMT+00:00
Farmer hopes for action on polluted river - Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Dispatch Online--Lee said he was at his wits' end as he had been communicating with -Amathole District Municipality- (ADM) authorities for two years to sort out the problem. ... - Date : Mon, 31 May 2010 05:30:46 GMT+00:00
Cacadu 'was not consulted about High Court move' - Weekend Post Tweet this news
Weekend Post--“We have not been consulted and we are sure that many of the key stakeholders in this -district- have not been consulted. “I have discussed this matter with ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 05:04:19 GMT+00:00

Local municipalities :
Local municipality Population %
Buffalo City 701 873 42.17%
Mnquma 287 770 17.29%
Mbhashe 253 378 15.22%
Amahlathi 139 038 8.35%
Nkonkobe 128 664 7.73%
Ngqushwa 84 235 5.06%
Great Kei 44 452 2.67%
Nxuba 24 834 1.49%

Local municipalities :
Language Population %
Xhosa 1 525 470 91.66%
English 69 888 4.20%
Afrikaans 60 281 3.62%
Sotho 1 820 0.11%
Zulu 1 657 0.10%
Other 1 504 0.09%
Swati 1 345 0.08%
Ndebele  896 0.05%
Northern Sotho 659 0.04%
Tswana 384 0.02%
Venda 174 0.01%
Tsonga 166 0.01%

Gender :
Gender Population %
Female 892 862 53.65%
Male 771 397 46.35%

Ethnic group :
Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1 539 358 92.50%
White 67 945 4.08%
Coloured 52 185 3.14%
Indian/Asian 4 771 0.29%

Age :
Age Population %
000 - 004 147 098 8.84%
005 - 009 192 361 11.56%
010 - 014 216 586 13.01%
015 - 019 208 995 12.56%
020 - 024 146 750 8.82%
025 - 029 115 632 6.95%
030 - 034 99 327 5.97%
035 - 039 96 666 5.81%
040 - 044 92 560 5.56%
045 - 049 77 430 4.65%
050 - 054 59 027 3.55%
055 - 059 47 029 2.83%
060 - 064 53 352 3.21%
065 - 069 38 858 2.33%
070 - 074 31 716 1.91%
075 - 079 18 830 1.13%
080 - 084 15 262 0.92%
085 - 089 4 022 0.24%
090 - 094 2 026 0.12%
095 - 099 559 0.03%
100 plus 173 0.01%

Election results :
Party Votes %
African National Congress 523 630 82.99%
United Democratic Movement 50 559 8.01%
Democratic Alliance 32 467 5.15%
Pan African Congress 7 627 1.21%
African Christian Democratic Party 4 492 0.71%
Independent Democrats 3 680 0.58%
New National Party 2 600 0.41%
Freedom Front Plus 795 0.13%
Inkhata Freedom Party 785 0.12%
Azanian People's Organisation 765 0.12%
SOPA 740 0.12%
United Christian Democratic Party 625 0.10%
EMSA 407 0.06%
PJC 400 0.06%
UF 293 0.05%
NA 269 0.04%
CDP 257 0.04%
TOP 236 0.04%
KISS 132 0.02%
NLP 109 0.02%
Minority Front 85 0.01%
Total 630 953 100.00%

Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

CapitalBhisho
RegionsAmatola * Northern * Western * Wild Coast
CitiesPort Elizabeth * East London * Mthatha
Largest townsUitenhage * Port Alfred * Bhisho * Graaff-Reinet * Jeffreys Bay * Grahamstown
Metropolitan MunicipalitiesNelson Mandela Bay
District MunicipalitiesCacadu * Amatole * Chris Hani * Ukhahlamba * O.R. Tambo * Alfred Nzo



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