Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga

Emalahleni
Ezinambeni
Enambeni
Official seal of Emalahleni
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°E / -26.000; 29.167
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeateMalahleni
Wards34
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorConnie Kantshalintshali (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total395,466
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2023)
 • Black African81.3%
 • White15.7%
 • Coloured1.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
First languages (2011)
 • IsiZulu38.6%
 • Afrikaans14.9%
 • Sepedi11.3%
 • IsiNdebele8.9%
 • SiSwati5.8%
 • English5.6%
 • Xitsonga3.5%
 • Sesotho3.2%
 • IsiXhosa3.1%
 • Other4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP312

Emalahleni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Malahleni; Afrikaans: Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal.[4]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names