Amathole District Municipality

Amathole

Amatola District
Amathole Amatola District
District municipality
	Seal
	Location in South Africa
	Coordinates: 32°30′S 27°30′E / 32.500°S 27.500°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Seat	East London
Local municipalities	List Mbhashe; Mnquma; Great Kei; Amahlathi; Ngqushwa; Raymond Mhlaba;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Khanyile Maneli (ANC)
• Deputy Mayor	Nomfusi Winnie Nxawe (ANC)
Area
• Total	21,595 km2 (8,338 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	892,637
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	97.2%
• Coloured	1.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	1.0%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	93.6%
• English	2.3%
• Afrikaans	2.1%
• Other	2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC12

The Amathole District Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Amathole) is one of the 7 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is East London. As of 2011, over 90% of its 892,637 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. The district code is DC12. Amathole means "calves", the name of the mountain range and forest which forms the northern boundary of the district.^[3]

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ du Plessis, E.J. (1973). Suid-Afrikaanse berg- en riviername. Tafelberg-uitgewers, Cape Town. p. 68. ISBN 0-624-00273-X.

[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.

[OB-3] u Plessis, E.J. (1973). Suid-Afrikaanse berg- en riviername. Tafelberg-uitgewers, Cape Town. p. 68. ISBN 0-624-00273-X.

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