OR Tambo District Municipality

OR Tambo
OR Tambo
District municipality
	Seal
	Location in the Eastern Cape
	Coordinates: 31°34′S 28°46′E / 31.567°S 28.767°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Seat	Mthatha
Local municipalities	List Ngquza Hill; Port St Johns; Nyandeni; Mhlontlo; King Sabata Dalindyebo;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mesuli Ngqondwana (ANC)
Area
• Total	12,096 km2 (4,670 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,364,943
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.0%
• Coloured	0.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	94.2%
• English	2.7%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC15

The OR Tambo District Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase OR Tambo) is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is within the Wild Coast Region. The seat is Mthatha. As of 2011, the vast majority (94%) of its 1,364,943 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. The district is named after Oliver Tambo. The district code is DC15.

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[muni_langs-3] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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