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Chris Hani District Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
36,144 km²

Black african population
  
93.3%

Province
  
Eastern Cape

Seat
  
Queenstown

Municipal code
  
DC13

White population
  
2%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
6.1%

Chris Hani District Municipality

Local municipalities
  
ListInxuba YethembaEnoch MgijimaIntsika YethuEmalahleniEngcoboSakhisizwe

Points of interest
  
Queens Casino, Great Fish River Museum, Schreiner House, Olive Schreiner House, Commando Drift Nature Reserve

Destinations
  
Cradock - Eastern Cape, Mountain Zebra National, Middelburg - Eastern Cape, Queenstown, Molteno - Eastern Cape

Chris Hani is one of the 8 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Chris Hani is Queenstown. The majority of its 795 461 people speak Xhosa (2011 Census), although Afrikaans speaking people predominate in the far west of the district. The district code is DC13.

Contents

Map of Stormberg District, South Africa

Neighbours

Chris Hani is surrounded by:

  • Joe Gqabi District (DC14) to the north
  • OR Tambo District (DC15) to the north-east
  • Amatole District (DC12) to the south
  • Sarah Baartman District (DC10) to the south-west
  • Pixley ka Seme District (DC7) to the north-west

    • Local municipalities

    The district contains the following local municipalities:

    Demographics

    The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

    Election results

    Election results for Chris Hani in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 423 583 [52.28% of total population]
  • Total votes: 283 749 [35.02% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 66.99% votes as a % of population 18 and over

    • References

    Chris Hani District Municipality Wikipedia
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