Ukhahlamba District Municipality
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Joe Gqabi is one of the 7 districts
of Eastern Cape
province of South Africa
. The seat of Joe Gqabi is Barkly East
. The majority of its 341 337 people speak IsiXhosa (2001 Census
). The district code is DC14. Before 18 May 2011 it was known as the Ukhahlamba District Municipality.
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Districts of South Africa
South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...
of Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The seat of Joe Gqabi is Barkly East
Barkly East
Barkly East is a town in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, seat of the Ukhahlamba District Municipality, and 80 miles by rail E.S.E. of Aliwal North, lying in the mountainous area just south of Lesotho. The town lies at the southern tip of the Drakensberg on the Langkloofspruit, a tributary of...
. The majority of its 341 337 people speak IsiXhosa (2001 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC14. Before 18 May 2011 it was known as the Ukhahlamba District Municipality.
Neighbours
Joe Gqabi is surrounded by:- XhariepXhariep District MunicipalityXhariep is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Xhariep is Trompsburg. The largest language group in the 135 253 people is Afrikaans...
(DC16) to the north - the kingdom of LesothoLesothoLesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...
to the north-east - Alfred NzoAlfred Nzo District MunicipalityAlfred Nzo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Alfred Nzo is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 550 392 people speak Xhosa...
(DC44) to the east - OR TamboOR Tambo District MunicipalityOR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha . The vast majority of its 1 676 463 people speak Xhosa . The district is named after Oliver Tambo...
(DC15) to the south-east - Chris HaniChris Hani District MunicipalityChris Hani is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Chris Hani is Queenstown. The majority of its 810 274 people speak Xhosa , although Afrikaans speaking people predominate in the far west of the district...
(DC13) to the south - Pixley ka Seme (DC7) to the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalitiesLocal municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...
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| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Elundini Elundini Local Municipality Elundini Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ukhahlamba District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.The name originates from isiZulu and it refers to the Drakensberg Mountains.... |
137 577 | 40.31% |
| Senqu Senqu Local Municipality Senqu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Senqu is a Sesotho name for the Orange River.-References:... |
135 144 | 39.59% |
| Maletswai Maletswai Local Municipality Maletswai Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.Maletswai is a Sesotho name that means “a place of salt”. The Aliwal Spa located within the municipal area produces salty water from underground.-References:... |
37 314 | 10.93% |
| Gariep Gariep Local Municipality Gariep Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ukhahlamba District Municipality, Eastern Cape.... |
31 305 | 9.17% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
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| Language | Population | % |
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| Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said... |
247 068 | 72.38% |
| Sotho | 71 757 | 21.02% |
| Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape... |
18 904 | 5.54% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
2 079 | 0.61% |
| Zulu Zulu language Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population... |
456 | 0.13% |
| Swati Swati language The Swazi or Swati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga and KaNgwane areas... |
262 | 0.08% |
| swana Tswana language Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi... |
252 | 0.07% |
| Ndebele Southern Ndebele language The Southern Ndebele language is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele . There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa:* the Northern Transvaal Ndebele or Nrebele... |
200 | 0.06% |
| Other | 181 | 0.05% |
| Northern Sotho Northern Sotho language Northern Sotho , also inaccurately known by the name of a major dialect, Pedi or sePedi, is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people — in the South African provinces of Gauteng,... |
140 | 0.04% |
| Venda Venda language Venda, also known as or , is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. The majority of Venda speakers live in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo Province, but about 10% of speakers live in Zimbabwe. The Venda language is related to Kalanga which is spoken in Botswana... |
39 | 0.01% |
| Tsonga Tsonga language The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.- Classification :Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages... |
13 | 0.00% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 182 363 | 53.43% |
| Male | 158 974 | 46.57% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Black African | 321 283 | 94.12% |
| Coloured | 11 603 | 3.40% |
| White | 8 373 | 2.45% |
| Indian/Asian | 78 | 0.02% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 35 279 | 10.34% |
| 005 - 009 | 45 321 | 13.28% |
| 010 - 014 | 51 410 | 15.06% |
| 015 - 019 | 46 355 | 13.58% |
| 020 - 024 | 28 543 | 8.36% |
| 025 - 029 | 19 533 | 5.72% |
| 030 - 034 | 16 274 | 4.77% |
| 035 - 039 | 15 584 | 4.57% |
| 040 - 044 | 14 915 | 4.37% |
| 045 - 049 | 12 997 | 3.81% |
| 050 - 054 | 11 073 | 3.24% |
| 055 - 059 | 9 131 | 2.68% |
| 060 - 064 | 9 828 | 2.88% |
| 065 - 069 | 9 700 | 2.84% |
| 070 - 074 | 6 694 | 1.96% |
| 075 - 079 | 3 824 | 1.12% |
| 080 - 084 | 3 312 | 0.97% |
| 085 - 089 | 962 | 0.28% |
| 090 - 094 | 402 | 0.12% |
| 095 - 099 | 138 | 0.04% |
| 100 plus | 62 | 0.02% |
Election results
Election results for Joe Gqabi (prev. Ukhahlamba) in the South African general election, 2004South African general election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....
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- Population 18 and over: 180 079 [52.76% of total population]
- Total votes: 114 530 [33.55% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 63.60% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes % African National Congress African National CongressThe African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
97 560 85.18% United Democratic Movement 7 924 6.92% Democratic Alliance 4 357 3.80% Pan African Congress 1 344 1.17% African Christian Democratic Party 732 0.64% Independent Democrats 584 0.51% New National Party 434 0.38% Freedom Front Plus 429 0.37% SOPA 156 0.14% Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom PartyThe Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...
153 0.13% Azanian People's Organisation 150 0.13% EMSA 125 0.11% PJC 116 0.10% United Christian Democratic Party 116 0.10% NA 84 0.07% TOP 65 0.06% UF 65 0.06% CDP 44 0.04% Minority Front 37 0.03% NLP 28 0.02% KISS 27 0.02% Total 114 530 100.00%