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Gert Sibande District Municipality

Gert Sibande
Eastvaal District
District municipality
Official seal of Gert Sibande
Seal
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
Seat Ermelo
Local municipalities
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Kgotso William Motloung
Area
 • Total 31,841 km2 (12,294 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,043,194
 • Density 33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 88.6%
 • Coloured 1.0%
 • Indian/Asian 1.1%
 • White 9.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu 60.9%
 • Swazi 13.0%
 • Afrikaans 9.1%
 • Sotho 4.2%
 • Other 12.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC30

Gert Sibande (until 2004 known as the Eastvaal District Municipality) is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Ermelo. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu (2001 Census). The district code is DC30. On 15 October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" (Afrikaans: Oosvaal) to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality. The district is named after the ANC activist Gert Sibande.

Gert Sibande is surrounded by:

The district contains the following local municipalities:

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Election results for Gert Sibande in the South African general election, 2004.

Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167


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