OR Tambo District Municipality

OR Tambo
District municipality

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Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 31°34′S 28°46′E / 31.567°S 28.767°E / -31.567; 28.767Coordinates: 31°34′S 28°46′E / 31.567°S 28.767°E / -31.567; 28.767
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Seat Mthatha
Local municipalities
List
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Zoleka Capa (ANC)
Area
 • Total 12,096 km2 (4,670 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 1,364,943
 • Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 99.0%
 • Coloured 0.5%
 • Indian/Asian 0.2%
 • White 0.2%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Xhosa 94.2%
 • English 2.7%
 • Other 3.1%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC15

OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha (formerly spelt Umtata). The vast majority (94%) of its 1,364,943 people speak Xhosa (2011 Census). The district is named after Oliver Tambo. The district code is DC15.

The district is within Wild Coast Region.

Geography

Neighbours

OR Tambo is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
King Sabata Dalindyebo 415,227 24.77%
Nyandeni 281,252 16.78%
Ngquza Hill 255,371 15.23%
Mhlontlo 196,675 11.73%
Port St Johns 146,134 8.72%

After the 2011 municipal election, OR Tambo District shrunk, with Mbizana and Ntabankulu local municipalities being transferred to Alfred Nzo District Municipality.[4]

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
Xhosa 1,270,514 94.21%
English 36,321 2.69%
Afrikaans 7,374 0.17%
Sign language 10,388 0.77%
Zulu 6,664 0.49%
Other 3,854 0.29%
Sotho 3,590 0.27%
Northern Sotho 3,366 0.25%
Ndebele 2,853 0.21%
Tswana 1,864 0.14%
Venda 874 0.06%
Swati 445 0.03%
Tsonga 440 0.03%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 734,856 53.84%
Male 630,088 46.16%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1,351,789 99.04%
Coloured 6,434 0.47%
White 2,641 0.19%
Indian/Asian 2,654 0.19%
Other 1,425 0.10%

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%

Politics

Election results

Election results for OR Tambo in the South African general election, 2004.

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%

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "MFMA Circular No. 54: Municipal Budget Circular for the 2011/12 MTREF" (PDF). National Treasury. 10 December 2010. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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