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Elundini Local Municipality

Elundini
Local municipality
Official seal of Elundini
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Joe Gqabi
Seat Maclear
Wards 17
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Nonkongozelo Ruth Lengs
Area
 • Total 5,065 km2 (1,956 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 138,141
 • Density 27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 98.1%
 • Coloured 1.0%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 0.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa 70.1%
 • Sotho 24.8%
 • Afrikaans 1.7%
 • English 1.6%
 • Other 1.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code EC141

Elundini Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

The name originates from isiZulu and it refers to the Drakensberg Mountains.

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

The municipal council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Coordinates: 31°04′40″S 28°21′36″E / 31.07778°S 28.36000°E / -31.07778; 28.36000


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