Alfred Nzo District Municipality: Difference between revisions

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The '''Alfred Nzo District Municipality''' ({{lang-xh|uMasipala weSithili sase Alfred Nzo}}) is one of the 6 [[Districts of South Africa|districts]] of the [[Eastern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]]. The seat is [[Mount Ayliff]]. The majority of its 801,344 residents speak [[Xhosa language|isiXhosa]].<ref>[http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/244] 2011 Census</ref> The district code is DC44.

It is named after [[Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo]], a former secretary-general of the [[African National Congress]] and the MinisterofForeign Affairs in [[Nelson Mandela]]'s cabinet from 1994 to 1999.

The Alfred Nzo District Municipality contains the following towns: [[Mount Frere]], [[Mount Ayliff]], [[Maluti, South Africa|Maluti]] and [[Matatiele]]. It is the smallest and one of the poorest districts in the province.

* [[Harry Gwala District Municipality|Harry Gwala District]] (DC43) to the north-east

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|align=left|[[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality|Winnie Madikizela-Mandela]] ||281,905 ||35.18%

After the [[South African municipal election, 2011|2011 municipal election]], Alfred Nzo District was expanded by including [[Mbizana Local Municipality]] and [[Ntabankulu Local Municipality]], previously part of [[OR Tambo District Municipality]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mfma.treasury.gov.za/MFMA/Circulars/MFMA%20Circular%20No%2054%20-%20MFMA%20Circular%202011_12%20MTREF_FINAL.pdf |title=MFMA Circular No. 54: Municipal Budget Circular for the 2011/12 MTREF |publisher=National Treasury |date=10 December 2010 |page=5 |accessdate=23 March 2011}}</ref>

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

|align=left|[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] ||673,519 ||84.58%

|align=left|[[Sotho language|Sotho]] ||69,811 ||8.77%

|align=left|English ||18,090 ||2.27%

|align=left|[[Zulu people|Zulu]] ||9,954 ||1.25%

|align=left|[[Sign language]] ||7,189 ||0.90%

|align=left|[[Afrikaans]] ||6,716 ||0.84%

|align=left|[[Other languages of South Africa|Other]] ||4,595 ||0.58%

|align=left|[[Northern Sotho]] ||2,275 ||0.29%

|align=left|[[Southern Ndebele language|Ndebele]] ||2,043 ||0.26%

|align=left|[[Tswana language|Tswana]] ||1,360 ||0.17%

|align=left|[[Venda language|Venda]] ||358 ||0.04%

|align=left|[[Tsonga language|Tsonga]] ||231 ||0.03%

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|align=left|[[Swati language|Swati]] ||187 ||0.02%

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|align=left|Other ||624 ||0.08%

|align=left|000–004 ||68,152 ||12.38%

|align=left|005–009 ||85,022 ||15.45%

|align=left|010–014 ||89,083 ||16.19%

|align=left|015–019 ||73,875 ||13.42%

|align=left|020–024 ||41,503 ||7.54%

|align=left|025–029 ||28,489 ||5.18%

|align=left|030–034 ||23,459 ||4.26%

|align=left|035–039 ||23,401 ||4.25%

|align=left|040–044 ||21,729 ||3.95%

|align=left|045–049 ||18,478 ||3.36%

|align=left|050–054 ||15,872 ||2.88%

|align=left|055–059 ||13,475 ||2.45%

|align=left|060–064 ||13,398 ||2.43%

|align=left|065–069 ||13,266 ||2.41%

|align=left|070–074 ||9,980 ||1.81%

|align=left|075–079 ||5,540 ||1.01%

|align=left|080–084 ||4,009 ||0.73%

|align=left|085–089 ||1,008 ||30.0%

|align=left|090–094 ||420 ||0.08%

|align=left|095–099 ||195 ||0.04%

* Population 18 and over: 260 501 [70% of total population]

|align=left|[[African National Congress]] ||151,605 ||88.14%

|align=left|[[United Democratic Movement (South Africa)|United Democratic Movement]] ||14,449 ||8.40%

|align=left|[[Inkatha Freedom Party|Inkhata Freedom Party]] ||1,803 ||1.05%

! align=left|Total ||172,001 ||100.00%

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