Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
metropolitan municipality in the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is one of eight metropolitan municipalities (also called Category A municipalities) in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province.
Nelson Mandela Bay | |
|---|---|
Metropolitan municipality | |
 Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 33°57′S 25°36′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| Seat | Port Elizabeth |
| Wards | 60 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Thsonono Buyeye (interim) (AIC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,959 km2 (756 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,152,115 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 60.1% |
| • Coloured | 23.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
| • White | 14.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 53.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 29.3% |
| • English | 13.5% |
| • Other | 3.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NMA |
It is made-up of the city of Port Elizabeth, the nearby towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, and the surrounding rural area.
The name "Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality" was chosen to honor former President Nelson Mandela.
- Christopher Nceba Faku (1995–2006)
- Nondumiso Maphazi (2006–2008)
- Zanoxolo Wayile (2008–2013)
- Ben Fihla (2013–2015)
- Danny Jordaan (2015–2016)
- Athol Trollip (2016–2018)
- Mongameli Bobani (2018–2019)
- Thsonono Buyeye interim (since 2019)
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
