Amathole District Municipality


Amathole is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Amathole is East London. Over 90% of its 892,637 people speak Xhosa. The district code is DC12. "Amathole" means calves, the name of the mountain range and forest which forms the northern boundary of the district.

Government

The Executive Mayor of Amathole District Municipality since 2016 is Nomfusi Winnie Nxawe, and the Municipal Manager is Thandekile Themba Mnyimba.

Geography

Neighbours

Amathole is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, following amalgamation of Nxuba and Nkonkobe ] municipalities.

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Languages

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for Amathole in the South African general election, 2004.