Ntabankulu Local Municipality

Ntabankulu
Official seal of Ntabankulu
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°10′S 28°35′E / 32.167°S 28.583°E / -32.167; 28.583
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAlfred Nzo
SeatTabankulu
Wards18
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPriscilla Tsileng Sobuthongo (ANC)
 • SpeakerVuyokazi Matwasa (ANC)
 • Chief WhipSesulo Sophaqa (ANC)
Area
 • Total
1,385 km2 (535 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
123,976
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.4%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa95.2%
 • English1.4%
 • Other3.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC444

Ntabankulu Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Ntabankulu) is a local municipality within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa word meaning "great or big mountain", since the municipal area is mountainous in character.[4]

It was formerly part of the OR Tambo District Municipality, but was transferred to the Alfred Nzo District Municipality after the 2011 municipal election.[5]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ "MFMA Circular No. 54: Municipal Budget Circular for the 2011/12 MTREF" (PDF). National Treasury. 10 December 2010. p. 5. Retrieved 23 March 2011.