Bushbuckridge Local Municipality

Bushbuckridge
Mapulaneng
Local municipality
Blyde River Canyon's Three Rondavels, located partly in Bushbuckridge Municipality
Blyde River Canyon's Three Rondavels, located partly in Bushbuckridge Municipality
Official seal of Bushbuckridge
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 24°28′S 31°32′E / 24.467°S 31.533°E / -24.467; 31.533
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictEhlanzeni
SeatBushbuckridge
Wards37[1][2][3][4]
Government
[5]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSylvia C Nxumalo (ANC)
Area
 • Total10,250 km2 (3,960 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[6]
 • Total541,248
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[6]
 • Black African99.5%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.2%
First languages (2011)
[6]
 • Tsonga56.88%
 • Northern Sotho24.52%
 • Swazi7.83%
 • Sotho5.42%
 • Other5.35%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP325

Bushbuckridge Municipality (Tsonga: Masipala wa Bushbuckridge; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Bushbuckridge) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.[7] Commercial farming, which consists of pine and bluegum plantations, tobacco, cotton, sub-tropical fruits and vegetables, is practised in the municipality's countryside. The municipality includes the southern part of Kruger National Park.[2] Bushbuckridge is the largest local municipality in Mpumalanga in terms of land size.

  1. ^ In 2001 there were thirty-four wards. By the 2011 census there were thirty-seven due to expansion of the municipality by the addition of parts of the Kruger National Park.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Buck-IDP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference SSA-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Buck-wards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System (GCIS), Government of South Africa. 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Bushbuckridge Local Municipality 877 from Census 2011". Adrian Frith. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014.