Umzimvubu Local Municipality
| Umzimvubu | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
|
||
.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape |
||
| Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°ECoordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Alfred Nzo | |
| Seat | Mount Frere | |
| Wards | 27 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | M Phangwa | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,577 km2 (995 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 191,620 | |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 99.4% | |
| • Coloured | 0.3% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% | |
| • White | 0.1% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Xhosa | 93.1% | |
| • English | 2.6% | |
| • Other | 4.3% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC442 | |
Umzimvubu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Alfred Nzo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
Umzimvubu, the name of the Mzimvubu River is an isiXhosa name which means "home of the hippopotamus".
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-six 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 forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
...
Wikipedia