Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of

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. The seat of Nkangala is

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. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1,308,129 people is IsiNdebele with 28.4%, closely followed by Zulu speakers (2011

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). The district code is DC31.

Geography

Neighbours

Nkangala is surrounded by: * Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the north * Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the north-east *

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 * Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-west *

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(EastRand) to the south-west *

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to the west * Waterberg (DC36) to the north-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001

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Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for Nkangala in the

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. * Population 18 and over: 608 871 9.66% of total population * Total votes: 389 097 8.12% of total population * Voting % estimate: 63.90% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links

Nkangala DM official website
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