Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga

Emalahleni

Ezinambeni
Emalahleni Ezinambeni
Local municipality
	Enambeni
	Seal
	Location in Mpumalanga
	Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Nkangala
Seat	eMalahleni
Wards	34
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Connie Kantshalintshali (ANC)
Area
• Total	2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	395,466
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2023)
• Black African	81.3%
• White	15.7%
• Coloured	1.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
First languages (2011)
• IsiZulu	38.6%
• Afrikaans	14.9%
• Sepedi	11.3%
• IsiNdebele	8.9%
• SiSwati	5.8%
• English	5.6%
• Xitsonga	3.5%
• Sesotho	3.2%
• IsiXhosa	3.1%
• Other	4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP312

Emalahleni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Malahleni; Afrikaans: Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal.^[4]

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ South African Languages - Place names