OR Tambo District Municipality
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OR Tambo District Municipality

Administration
Full nameOR Tambo District Municipality
Settlement typeDistrict municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Government
MayorZoleka Capa
Geography
Total Area5996.5 sq mi (15535 km2)
Demography
Total Population1676480
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Racial makeup
Black African99.5%
White0.1%
Coloured0.3%
Asian0.2
isiXhosa98%
English1%
isiZulu>1%
Afrikaans>1%
Other information
Time zoneSouth African Standard Time (UTC+2)
Municipal codeDC15

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OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha (formerley spelt Umtata). The vast majority of its 1 676 463 people speak Xhosa (2001 Census). The district is named after Oliver Tambo. The district code is DC15.

The district is within Wild Coast Region.

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R1bn lies idle as services falter - Sowetan Tweet this news
Sowetan--One of the major culprits is the -OR Tambo district municipality- in the Eastern Cape, which didn't spend R52million set aside specifically for water and ... - Date : Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:31:49 GMT+00:00
Education pins its hopes on Mannya - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--They have also taken the -OR Tambo Municipality- to task for failing to provide water to the schools. “This government didn't build mud structures, ... - Date : Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:16:24 GMT+00:00
Eastern Cape DA wants expenditure probe - Weekend Post Tweet this news
Weekend Post--THE Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape expressed concern today (July 26) over a potential abuse of public funds in the -OR Tambo District Municipality-. ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:24:03 GMT+00:00
Zuma promises to speed up delivery - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--He said discussions with the -OR Tambo District Municipality- as a water authority to supply water for the Ingquza area were under way , and a feasibility ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:31:16 GMT+00:00
ANC's clearing of mayor under fire - Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Dispatch Online--A ROW has erupted over a report the provincial ANC leadership used to exonerate -OR Tambo District Municipality- mayor Zoleka Capa . Earlier, a three-member ... - Date : Thu, 13 May 2010 05:04:00 GMT+00:00
Wind farms for E Cape - Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Dispatch Online---OR Tambo District Municipality- mayor Zoleka Capa praised the initiative, saying wind farms in Germany were successfully used in rural communities, ... - Date : Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:57:48 GMT+00:00
Juju slipping through JZ's fingers? - Mail & Guardian Online Tweet this news
Mail & Guardian Online---...- training camp in Brazil, has been welcomed by the Congress of the People after being fired as Mayor of the Ngaka Modiri Molema -District Municipality-. ... - Date : Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:50:40 GMT+00:00
Motlanthe and Zuma will launch HIV campaign - Independent Online Tweet this news
Independent Online--Co-hosted by Gauteng province and Ekurhuleni -municipality-, the national launch would take the form of a health fair where HIV counselling and testing would ... - Date : Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:13:07 GMT+00:00

Local municipalities :
Local municipality Population %
King Sabata Dalindyebo 415 227 24.77%
Nyandeni 281 252 16.78%
Qaukeni 255 371 15.23%
Mbizana 245 420 14.64%
Mhlontlo 196 675 11.73%
Port St. Johns 146 134 8.72%
Ntabankulu 136 391 8.14%

Local municipalities :
Language Population %
Xhosa 1 650 359 98.44%
English 10 651 0.64%
Zulu 4 418 0.26%
Afrikaans 2 814 0.17%
Sotho 2 691 0.16%
Other 1 867 0.11%
Swati 1 516 0.09%
  975 0.06%
Northern Sotho 625 0.04%
Tswana 226 0.01%
Venda 179 0.01%
Tsonga 149 0.01%

Gender :
Gender Population %
Female 918 483 54.79%
Male 757 980 45.21%

Ethnic group :
Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1 668 152 99.50%
Coloured 5 398 0.32%
White 2 009 0.12%
Indian/Asian 904 0.05%

Age :
Age Population %
000 - 004 215 814 12.87%
005 - 009 267 090 15.93%
010 - 014 268 632 16.02%
015 - 019 223 484 13.33%
020 - 024 135 214 8.07%
025 - 029 93 877 5.60%
030 - 034 74 041 4.42%
035 - 039 70 360 4.20%
040 - 044 65 698 3.92%
045 - 049 50 357 3.00%
050 - 054 41 828 2.50%
055 - 059 32 556 1.94%
060 - 064 43 877 2.62%
065 - 069 35 462 2.12%
070 - 074 30 004 1.79%
075 - 079 13 399 0.80%
080 - 084 10 224 0.61%
085 - 089 2 714 0.16%
090 - 094 1 219 0.07%
095 - 099 479 0.03%
100 plus 134 0.01%

Election results :
Party Votes %
African National Congress 392 740 79.15%
United Democratic Movement 91 722 18.48%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 763 0.56%
Pan African Congress 2 733 0.55%
Democratic Alliance 1 141 0.23%
SOPA 675 0.14%
United Christian Democratic Party 583 0.12%
Inkhata Freedom Party 535 0.11%
Azanian People's Organisation 508 0.10%
EMSA 425 0.09%
New National Party 381 0.08%
PJC 353 0.07%
Freedom Front Plus 314 0.06%
UF 282 0.06%
Independent Democrats 259 0.05%
TOP 211 0.04%
NA 158 0.03%
CDP 145 0.03%
NLP 100 0.02%
KISS 90 0.02%
Minority Front 88 0.02%
Total 496 206 100.00%

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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