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| name = Ehlanzeni
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| settlement_type = District municipality
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| coordinates_type = region:ZA_type:adm3rd_scale:300000
| province = Mpumalanga
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| seat = Nelspruit
| parts_type = Local municipalities
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| p1 = Thaba Chweu
| p2 = Mbombela
| p3 = Umjindi
| p4 = Nkomazi
| p5 = Bushbuckridge
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| mayor = Jester Sidel
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| muni_code = DC32
}}Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The city of Ehlanzeni is Nelspruit. The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati (2001 Census). The district code is DC32. GeographyNeighboursEhlanzeni is surrounded by: - Mopani (DC33) to the north
- The republic of Mozambique to the east
- The kingdom of Swaziland to the south
- Gert Sibande (DC30) to the south
- Nkangala (DC31) to the south-west
- Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the north-west
Local municipalitiesThe district contains the following local municipalities: | Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language | | Mbombela | 474 805 | 50.26% | Swazi | | Nkomazi | 334 419 | 35.40% | Swazi | | Thaba Chweu | 81 238 | 8.60% | Northern Sotho | | Umjindi | 53 745 | 5.69% | Swazi | | Bushbuckridge | 495 | 0.05% | Tsonga |
Bushbuckridge was Lowveld Local Municipality. DemographicsThe following statistics are from the 2001 census. | Language | Population | % | | SiSwati | 737 534 | 78.07% | | Xitsonga | 64 987 | 6.88% | | Sepedi | 40 513 | 4.29% | | Afrikaans | 39 731 | 4.21% | | English | 18 103 | 1.92% | | IsiZulu | 16 311 | 1.73% | | Sesotho | 16 092 | 1.70% | | Setswana | 3 478 | 0.37% | | IsiNdebele | 2 411 | 0.26% | | Other | 2 407 | 0.25% | | IsiXhosa | 2 260 | 0.24% | | Tshivenda | 875 | 0.09% |
Gender| Gender | Population | % | | Female | 491 212 | 52.00% | | Male | 453 453 | 48.00% |
Ethnic group| Ethnic group | Population | % | | Black African | 889 436 | 94.15% | | White | 45 809 | 4.85% | | Coloured | 6 851 | 0.73% | | Indian/Asian | 2 569 | 0.27% |
Age| Age | Population | % | | 000–004 | 108 898 | 11.53% | | 005–009 | 112 747 | 11.94% | | 010–014 | 116 683 | 12.35% | | 015–019 | 113 504 | 12.02% | | 020–024 | 93 023 | 9.85% | | 025–029 | 85 374 | 9.04% | | 030–034 | 68 929 | 7.30% | | 035–039 | 61 112 | 6.47% | | 040–044 | 44 885 | 4.75% | | 045–049 | 37 270 | 3.95% | | 050–054 | 27 034 | 2.86% | | 055–059 | 18 573 | 1.97% | | 060–064 | 18 662 | 1.98% | | 065–069 | 12 453 | 1.32% | | 070–074 | 11 883 | 1.26% | | 075–079 | 5 698 | 0.60% | | 080–084 | 5 132 | 0.54% | | 085–089 | 1 525 | 0.16% | | 090–094 | 804 | 0.09% | | 095–099 | 324 | 0.03% | | 100 plus | 152 | 0.02% |
PoliticsElection resultsElection results for Ehlanzeni in the South African general election, 2004. - Population 18 and over: 537 768 [56.93% of total population]
- Total votes: 333 737 [35.33% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 62.06% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % | | African National Congress | 298 810 | 89.53% | | Democratic Alliance | 20 523 | 6.15% | | African Christian Democratic Party | 3 087 | 0.92% | | United Democratic Movement | 3 006 | 0.90% | | Freedom Front Plus | 1 891 | 0.57% | | Pan African Congress | 1 460 | 0.44% | | New National Party | 1 216 | 0.36% | | Independent Democrats | 1 056 | 0.32% | | Inkhata Freedom Party | 1 038 | 0.31% | | Azanian People's Organisation | 348 | 0.10% | | United Christian Democratic Party | 282 | 0.08% | | SOPA | 172 | 0.05% | | NA | 136 | 0.04% | | EMSA | 130 | 0.04% | | CDP | 124 | 0.04% | | PJC | 118 | 0.04% | | UF | 118 | 0.04% | | TOP | 75 | 0.02% | | KISS | 62 | 0.02% | | NLP | 54 | 0.02% | | Minority Front | 31 | 0.01% | | Total | 333 737 | 100.00% |
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References 1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 |df=dmy }}
External links- Ehlanzeni DM official website
{{Municipalities of Mpumalanga}}{{Ehlanzeni District Municipality}}{{coord|25.450|S|30.983|E|display=title|source:dewiki}} 1 : District municipalities of Mpumalanga |