Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

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Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
Gauteng, South Africa {{{PAGENAME}}}:location
Municipal code
Area 1 925 km²
Seat Germiston
Neighbours
Mayor Duma Moses Nkosi
Population 2 480 260 (1 289/km²)
Habitations (/km²)
Racial makeup
Home languages Zulu, Afrikaans, Northern Sotho, Sotho and English are above 10%
Official website http://www.ekurhuleni.com

Coordinates: 26°10′38″S, 28°13′19″E

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa. The name Ekurhuleni means place of peace in Xitsonga. Ekurhuleni is one of the 5 districts of Gauteng province of South Africa and one of the 6 metropolitan municipalities of South Africa. The seat of Ekurhuleni is Germiston. The largest language group among its 2 480 260 people is Zulu (2001 Census).

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Ekurhuleni is surrounded by:

[edit] Cities and towns

The following cities, towns and townships make up this huge municipality, created in 2000: [1]

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.


Language Population %
Zulu 754 411 30.42%
Afrikaans 321 103 12.95%
Northern Sotho 282 641 11.40%
Sotho 278 398 11.22%
English 277 950 11.21%
Xhosa 213 389 8.60%
Tsonga 141 484 5.70%
Tswana 76 896 3.10%
Swati 45 357 1.83%
Ndebele 44 496 1.79%
Venda 25 753 1.04%
Other 18 396 0.74%

[edit] Gender

Gender Population %
Male 1 258 513 50.74%
Female 1 221 747 49.26%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1 891 452 76.26%
White 482 080 19.44%
Coloured 67 064 2.70%
Indian/Asian 39 664 1.60%

[edit] Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 213 560 8.61%
005 - 009 199 108 8.03%
010 - 014 196 933 7.94%
015 - 019 209 576 8.45%
020 - 024 267 642 10.79%
025 - 029 296 678 11.96%
030 - 034 247 072 9.96%
035 - 039 218 644 8.82%
040 - 044 180 980 7.30%
045 - 049 137 562 5.55%
050 - 054 102 035 4.11%
055 - 059 70 713 2.85%
060 - 064 52 238 2.11%
065 - 069 33 805 1.36%
070 - 074 24 063 0.97%
075 - 079 14 555 0.59%
080 - 084 9 705 0.39%
085 - 089 3 249 0.13%
090 - 094 1 437 0.06%
095 - 099 481 0.02%
100 plus 224 0.01%

[edit] Politics

[edit] Election results

Election results for Ekurhuleni in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 1 749 820 [70.55% of total population]
  • Total votes: 951 568 [38.37% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 54.38% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress 662 915 69.67%
Democratic Alliance 187 799 19.74%
Inkhata Freedom Party 30 044 3.16%
African Christian Democratic Party 16 090 1.69%
United Democratic Movement 12 039 1.27%
Independent Democrats 10 221 1.07%
Pan African Congress 8 825 0.93%
Freedom Front Plus 7 975 0.84%
New National Party 6 101 0.64%
UF 1 899 0.20%
Azanian People's Organisation 1 696 0.18%
United Christian Democratic Party 1 312 0.14%
CDP 1 177 0.12%
NA 1 025 0.11%
SOPA 555 0.06%
Minority Front 453 0.05%
PJC 410 0.04%
TOP 335 0.04%
KISS 313 0.03%
EMSA 263 0.03%
NLP 121 0.01%
Total 951 568 100.00%


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Province of Gauteng
Provincial Capital:

Johannesburg
Major Metros:

Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni
District Municipalities:

Sedibeng , West Rand, Metsweding
Cities:

Johannesburg, Pretoria
Smaller Cities:

Benoni, Boksburg, Vereeniging