Mbombela Local Municipality
| Mbombela | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in Mpumalanga |
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| Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°ECoordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Ehlanzeni | |
| Seat | Nelspruit | |
| Wards | 39 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Cathrine Dlamini | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 588,794 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 89.4% | |
| • Coloured | 0.9% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% | |
| • White | 8.7% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Swazi | 78.7% | |
| • Afrikaans | 6.8% | |
| • English | 4.6% | |
| • Tsonga | 4.1% | |
| • Other | 5.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | MP322 | |
Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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