Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape
| Emalahleni | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Chris Hani | |
| Seat | Lady Frere | |
| Wards | 17 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Nomveliso Nyukwana | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3,447 km2 (1,331 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 119,460 | |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 98.5% | |
| • Coloured | 0.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% | |
| • White | 0.6% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Xhosa | 95.2% | |
| • English | 1.5% | |
| • Afrikaans | 1.2% | |
| • Other | 2.1% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC136 | |
Emalahleni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiXhosa name meaning "a place of coal".
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.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Coordinates: 31°42′14″S 27°13′57″E / 31.70389°S 27.23250°E
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