Port St Johns Local Municipality
| Port St Johns | ||
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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 | OR Tambo | |
| Seat | Port St. Johns | |
| Wards | 20 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Dm Mangqo | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,291 km2 (498 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 156,136 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 99.3% | |
| • Coloured | 0.4% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% | |
| • White | 0.2% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Xhosa | 95.0% | |
| • English | 2.7% | |
| • Other | 2.3% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC154 | |
Port St. Johns Local Municipality is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The 2001 census recorded the following first languages: 98.69% IsiXhosa; 0.64% English; 0.20% Afrikaans; 0.13% IsiZulu; 0.12% SiSwati; 0.08% IsiNdebele; 0.06% Sesotho; and 0.08% other languages.
The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 thirty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 31°37′42″S 29°32′16″E / 31.62833°S 29.53778°E
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