Senqu Local Municipality
| Senqu | ||
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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 | Joe Gqabi | |
| Seat | Lady Grey | |
| Wards | 19 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | N Mtyali | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7,329 km2 (2,830 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 134,150 | |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 97.3% | |
| • Coloured | 1.2% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% | |
| • White | 1.1% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Xhosa | 74.3% | |
| • Sotho | 20.2% | |
| • Afrikaans | 2.4% | |
| • English | 1.3% | |
| • Other | 1.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC142 | |
Senqu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Senqu is a Sesotho name for the Orange River.
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-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 30°42′S 27°14′E / 30.700°S 27.233°E
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