Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 4,820 km² Black african population 96.5% Native english speakers 2.9% | Wards 20 Municipal code EC124 White population 2% Native afrikaans speakers 2% Native xhosa speakers 93.4% | |
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Amahlathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of the area.
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Map of Amahlathi Local Municipality, South Africa
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.