Ehlanzeni is one of the 3
districts of
Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Ehlanzeni is
Mbombela
Mbombela (also known as Nelspruit) is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River, Mbombela lies about by road west of the Mozambique border, east of Johannesburg and nort ...
. The majority of its 944 665 people speak
SiSwati
The Swazi or siSwati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Eswatini and South Africa by the Swati people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 2.4 million. The language is taught in Eswatini and s ...
(2001 Census). The district code is DC32.
Geography
Neighbours
Ehlanzeni is surrounded by:
*
Mopani (DC33) to the north
* The republic of
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
to the east
* The kingdom of
Eswatini to the south
*
Gert Sibande
Richard "Gert" Sibande (born 1907 near Ermelo, Mpumalanga, died 1987) was a South African political activist. He was one of the ANC co-accused to stand trial in the treason trial of 1956-61 alongside Nelson Mandela and 154 others.
Sibande played ...
(DC30) to the south
*
Nkangala (DC31) to the south-west
*
Sekhukhune
Sekhukhune I (Matsebe; circa 1814 – 13 August 1882) was the paramount King of the Marota, more commonly known as the Bapedi, from 21 September 1861 until his assassination on 13 August 1882 by his rival and half-brother, Mampuru II. As the Ped ...
(CBDC3) to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following
local municipalities:
Bushbuckridge was Lowveld Local Municipality.
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Gender
Ethnic group
Age
Politics
Election results
Election results for Ehlanzeni in the
South African general election, 2004
General elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority. ...
.
* Population 18 and over: 537 768
6.93% of total population
* Total votes: 333 737
5.33% of total population
* Voting % estimate: 62.06% votes as a % of population 18 and over
References
External links
Ehlanzeni DM official website
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District municipalities of Mpumalanga
Ehlanzeni District Municipality