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{{Infobox South African municipality
| name = Nkangala
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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 = Middelburg
| parts_type = Local municipalities
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| p1 = Victor Khanye
| p2 = Emalahleni
| p3 = Steve Tshwete
| p4 = Emakhazeni
| p5 = Thembisile Hani
| p6 = Dr JS Moroka
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| mayor_party =African National Congress (ANC)
| mayor = Linah Malatjie
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| muni_code = DC31
}}Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1 020 592 people is IsiNdebele (2001 Census). The district code is DC31. GeographyNeighboursNkangala is surrounded by: - Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the north
- Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the north-east
- Gert Sibande (DC30) to the south
- Sedibeng (DC42) to the south-west
- Ekurhuleni (EastRand) to the south-west
- City of Tshwane to the west
- Waterberg (DC36) to the north-west
Local municipalitiesThe district contains the following local municipalities: | Local municipality | Population | % | Capital | Dominant language | | Emalahleni | 276 414 | 27.08% | Witbank | Zulu | | Thembisile Hani | 258 878 | 25.37% | Kwaggafontein | Southern Ndebele | | Dr JS Moroka | 243 308 | 23.84% | Siyabuswa | Southern Ndebele, Northern Sotho | | Steve Tshwete | 142 777 | 13.99% | Middelburg | None | | Victor Khanye | 56 205 | 5.51% | Delmas | Southern Ndebele, Zulu | | Emakhazeni | 43 008 | 4.21% | Belfast | Swazi | | Mdala Nature Reserve | 0 | 0.00% | - | - |
DemographicsThe following statistics are from the 2001 census. | Language | Population | % | | IsiNdebele | 319 920 | 31.35% | | IsiZulu | 232 228 | 22.75% | | Sepedi | 161 338 | 15.81% | | Afrikaans | 75 294 | 7.38% | | SiSwati | 56 496 | 5.54% | | Setswana | 56 144 | 5.50% | | Sesotho | 42 474 | 4.16% | | Xitsonga | 31 624 | 3.10% | | IsiXhosa | 21 199 | 2.08% | | English | 17 705 | 1.73% | | Other | 3 514 | 0.34% | | Tshivenda | 2 654 | 0.26% |
Gender| Gender | Population | % | | Female | 529 354 | 51.87% | | Male | 491 238 | 48.13% |
Ethnic group| Ethnic group | Population | % | | Black African | 930 873 | 91.21% | | White | 78 292 | 7.67% | | Coloured | 8 741 | 0.86% | | Indian/Asian | 2 686 | 0.26% |
Age| Age | Population | % | | 000 - 004 | 108 087 | 10.59% | | 005 - 009 | 114 037 | 11.17% | | 010 - 014 | 118 590 | 11.62% | | 015 - 019 | 118 041 | 11.57% | | 020 - 024 | 98 429 | 9.64% | | 025 - 029 | 88 106 | 8.63% | | 030 - 034 | 74 084 | 7.26% | | 035 - 039 | 69 442 | 6.80% | | 040 - 044 | 58 251 | 5.71% | | 045 - 049 | 47 903 | 4.69% | | 050 - 054 | 35 359 | 3.46% | | 055 - 059 | 25 013 | 2.45% | | 060 - 064 | 20 550 | 2.01% | | 065 - 069 | 14 314 | 1.40% | | 070 - 074 | 12 782 | 1.25% | | 075 - 079 | 7 302 | 0.72% | | 080 - 084 | 6 344 | 0.62% | | 085 - 089 | 2 273 | 0.22% | | 090 - 094 | 1 080 | 0.11% | | 095 - 099 | 420 | 0.04% | | 100 plus | 185 | 0.02% |
PoliticsElection resultsElection results for Nkangala in the South African general election, 2004. - Population 18 and over: 608 871 [59.66% of total population]
- Total votes: 389 097 [38.12% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 63.90% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % | | African National Congress | 333 520 | 85.72% | | Democratic Alliance | 30 234 | 7.77% | | United Democratic Movement | 4 188 | 1.08% | | Freedom Front Plus | 3 997 | 1.03% | | Pan African Congress | 3 704 | 0.95% | | African Christian Democratic Party | 3 654 | 0.94% | | Inkhata Freedom Party | 2 431 | 0.62% | | New National Party | 1 833 | 0.47% | | Independent Democrats | 1 710 | 0.44% | | United Christian Democratic Party | 969 | 0.25% | | Azanian People's Organisation | 819 | 0.21% | | SOPA | 381 | 0.10% | | NA | 272 | 0.07% | | EMSA | 270 | 0.07% | | UF | 242 | 0.06% | | CDP | 226 | 0.06% | | PJC | 222 | 0.06% | | TOP | 131 | 0.03% | | Minority Front | 112 | 0.03% | | NLP | 92 | 0.02% | | KISS | 90 | 0.02% | | Total | 389 097 | 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= }}
External links- Nkangala DM official website
{{Municipalities of Mpumalanga}}{{Nkangala District Municipality}}{{coord|25|45|S|29|25|E|region:ZA_type:adm2nd_dim:250km|display=title}} 1 : District municipalities of Mpumalanga |