Inkwanca Local Municipality

Inkwanca
Official seal of Inkwanca
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictChris Hani
SeatMolteno
Wards4
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMtandazo Qhaqmangwana
Area
 • Total3,584 km2 (1,384 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total21,971
 • Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African89.1%
 • Coloured4.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White6.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa85.8%
 • Afrikaans8.3%
 • English3.5%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC133

Inkwanca Local Municipality was a local municipality that forms part of the Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Inkwanca is an isiXhosa name meaning cold. The municipal area is the coldest area in the country and the lowest temperatures are recorded in the area every year.[3] After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

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