Chris Hani District Municipality
Chris Hani Stormberg District | ||
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District municipality | ||
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Location in the Eastern Cape | ||
Coordinates: 31°53′S 26°52′E / 31.883°S 26.867°ECoordinates: 31°53′S 26°52′E / 31.883°S 26.867°E | ||
Country | South Africa | |
Province | Eastern Cape | |
Seat | Queenstown | |
Local municipalities | ||
Government[1] | ||
• Type | Municipal council | |
• Mayor | Mxolisi Koyo | |
Area | ||
• Total | 36,144 km2 (13,955 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)[2] | ||
• Total | 795,461 | |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) | |
Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
• Black African | 93.3% | |
• Coloured | 4.1% | |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% | |
• White | 2.0% | |
First languages (2011)[3] | ||
• Xhosa | 88.6% | |
• Afrikaans | 6.1% | |
• English | 2.6% | |
• Other | 2.7% | |
Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
Municipal code | DC13 |
Chris Hani is one of the 8 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Chris Hani is Queenstown. The majority of its 795 461 people speak Xhosa (2011 Census), although Afrikaans speaking people predominate in the far west of the district. The district code is DC13.
Geography
Neighbours
Chris Hani is surrounded by:
- Joe Gqabi District (DC14) to the north
- OR Tambo District (DC15) to the north-east
- Amatole District (DC12) to the south
- Sarah Baartman District (DC10) to the south-west
- Pixley ka Seme District (DC7) to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Code | Population | % |
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Lukhanji | EC134 | 190,723 | 23.98% |
Engcobo | EC137 | 155,513 | 19.55% |
Intsika Yethu | EC135 | 145,372 | 18.28% |
Emalahleni | EC136 | 119,460 | 15.02% |
Inxuba Yethemba | EC131 | 65,560 | 8.24% |
Sakhisizwe | EC138 | 63,582 | 7.99% |
Tsolwana | EC132 | 33,281 | 4.18% |
Inkwanca | EC133 | 21,971 | 2.76% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
Languages
Language | Population | % |
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Xhosa | 695,348 | 88.58% |
Afrikaans | 47,872 | 6.10% |
English | 20,579 | 2.62% |
Sign language | 5,512 | 0.70% |
Sotho | 4,068 | 0.52% |
Other | 4,009 | 0.51% |
Zulu | 2,157 | 0.27% |
Ndebele | 1,800 | 0.23% |
Northern Sotho | 1,692 | 0.22% |
Tswana | 1,254 | 0.16% |
Venda | 309 | 0.04% |
Tsonga | 304 | 0.04% |
Swati | 115 | 0.01% |
Gender
Gender | Population | % |
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Female | 418,823 | 52.65% |
Male | 376,638 | 47.35% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Black African | 742,545 | 93.35% |
Coloured | 32,767 | 4.12% |
White | 16,034 | 2.02% |
Indian/Asian | 1,787 | 0.22% |
Age
Age | Population | % |
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000 - 004 | 81 371 | 10.04% |
005 - 009 | 108 992 | 13.45% |
010 - 014 | 124 534 | 15.37% |
015 - 019 | 110 945 | 13.69% |
020 - 024 | 59 510 | 7.34% |
025 - 029 | 43 980 | 5.43% |
030 - 034 | 37 717 | 4.65% |
035 - 039 | 37 848 | 4.67% |
040 - 044 | 38 011 | 4.69% |
045 - 049 | 32 186 | 3.97% |
050 - 054 | 26 951 | 3.33% |
055 - 059 | 21 800 | 2.69% |
060 - 064 | 27 443 | 3.39% |
065 - 069 | 20 117 | 2.48% |
070 - 074 | 16 462 | 2.03% |
075 - 079 | 9 640 | 1.19% |
080 - 084 | 8 795 | 1.09% |
085 - 089 | 2 328 | 0.29% |
090 - 094 | 1 253 | 0.15% |
095 - 099 | 301 | 0.04% |
100 plus | 90 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Chris Hani in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 423 583 [52.28% of total population]
- Total votes: 283 749 [35.02% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 66.99% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party | Votes | % |
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African National Congress | 234 383 | 82.60% |
United Democratic Movement | 27 014 | 9.52% |
Democratic Alliance | 9 676 | 3.41% |
Pan African Congress | 6 227 | 2.19% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 1 337 | 0.47% |
Independent Democrats | 1 172 | 0.41% |
New National Party | 902 | 0.32% |
Freedom Front Plus | 643 | 0.23% |
SOPA | 340 | 0.12% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 326 | 0.11% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 308 | 0.11% |
PJC | 305 | 0.11% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 262 | 0.09% |
EMSA | 200 | 0.07% |
NA | 166 | 0.06% |
UF | 130 | 0.05% |
TOP | 108 | 0.04% |
CDP | 90 | 0.03% |
NLP | 60 | 0.02% |
KISS | 55 | 0.02% |
Minority Front | 45 | 0.02% |
Total | 283 749 | 100.00% |
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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