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Umjindi Local Municipality

Umjindi
Local municipality
Official seal of Umjindi
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Ehlanzeni
Seat Barberton
Wards 9
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Lazarus Mashaba
Area
 • Total 1,745 km2 (674 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 69,577
 • Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 87.5%
 • Coloured 1.9%
 • Indian/Asian 1.0%
 • White 9.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Swazi 77.0%
 • Afrikaans 9.0%
 • English 5.7%
 • Tsonga 3.2%
 • Other 5.1%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP323

Umjindi is a local municipality of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Barberton is the seat of the municipality. The municipality had a population of 53,744 according to the 2001 census.

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining 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 fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Coordinates: 25°45′S 31°0′E / 25.750°S 31.000°E / -25.750; 31.000


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