Chris Hani District Municipality
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Chris Hani District Municipality

Administration
Full nameChris Hani District Municipality
Settlement typeDistrict municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Geography
Total Area14395.5 sq mi (37294 km2)
Demography
Total Population822291
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Racial makeup
Other information
Time zoneSouth African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Municipal codeDC13

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Chris Hani is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Chris Hani is Queenstown. The majority of its 810 274 people speak Xhosa (2001 Census), although Afrikaans speaking people predominate in the far west of the district. The district code is DC13.

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Local municipalities :
Local municipality Population %
Intsika Yethu 194 240 23.97%
Lukanji 184 539 22.77%
Engcobo 148 403 18.32%
Emalahleni 115 932 14.31%
Inxuba Yethemba 60 295 7.44%
Sakhisizwe 54 029 6.67%
Tsolwana 32 515 4.01%
Inkwanca 20 245 2.50%

Local municipalities :
Language Population %
Xhosa 755 615 93.25%
Afrikaans 43 442 5.36%
English 6 748 0.83%
Sotho 2 013 0.25%
Swati 810 0.10%
Zulu 509 0.06%
Ndebele 317 0.04%
Other 310 0.04%
Northern Sotho 197 0.02%
Tswana 170 0.02%
Venda 102 0.01%
Tsonga 56 0.01%

Gender :
Gender Population %
Female 435 752 53.78%
Male 374 522 46.22%

Ethnic group :
Ethnic group Population %
Black African 762 311 94.08%
Coloured 31 537 3.89%
White 15 923 1.97%
Indian/Asian 503 0.06%

Age :
Age Population %
000 - 004 81 371 10.04%
005 - 009 108 992 13.45%
010 - 014 124 534 15.37%
015 - 019 110 945 13.69%
020 - 024 59 510 7.34%
025 - 029 43 980 5.43%
030 - 034 37 717 4.65%
035 - 039 37 848 4.67%
040 - 044 38 011 4.69%
045 - 049 32 186 3.97%
050 - 054 26 951 3.33%
055 - 059 21 800 2.69%
060 - 064 27 443 3.39%
065 - 069 20 117 2.48%
070 - 074 16 462 2.03%
075 - 079 9 640 1.19%
080 - 084 8 795 1.09%
085 - 089 2 328 0.29%
090 - 094 1 253 0.15%
095 - 099 301 0.04%
100 plus 90 0.01%

Election results :
Party Votes %
African National Congress 234 383 82.60%
United Democratic Movement 27 014 9.52%
Democratic Alliance 9 676 3.41%
Pan African Congress 6 227 2.19%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 337 0.47%
Independent Democrats 1 172 0.41%
New National Party 902 0.32%
Freedom Front Plus 643 0.23%
SOPA 340 0.12%
Azanian People's Organisation 326 0.11%
United Christian Democratic Party 308 0.11%
PJC 305 0.11%
Inkhata Freedom Party 262 0.09%
EMSA 200 0.07%
NA 166 0.06%
UF 130 0.05%
TOP 108 0.04%
CDP 90 0.03%
NLP 60 0.02%
KISS 55 0.02%
Minority Front 45 0.02%
Total 283 749 100.00%

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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