The Eastern Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into two metropolitan municipalities ( Buffalo City and Nelson Mandela Bay) and six district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into thirty-one local municipalities.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²) [1] |
Population (2016) [2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
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Alfred Nzo District Municipality | DC44 | Mount Ayliff | 10,731 | 867,864 | 80.9 | |
Amathole District Municipality | DC12 | East London | 21,117 | 880,790 | 41.7 | |
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | East London | 2,750 | 834,997 | 303.6 | |
Chris Hani District Municipality | DC13 | Komani | 36,407 | 840,055 | 23.1 | |
Joe Gqabi District Municipality | DC14 | Barkly East | 25,617 | 372,912 | 14.6 | |
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Gqeberha | 1,957 | 1,263,051 | 645.4 | |
OR Tambo District Municipality | DC15 | Mthatha | 12,141 | 1,457,384 | 120.0 | |
Sarah Baartman District Municipality | DC10 | Gqeberha | 58,245 | 479,923 | 8.2 |
Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km²) [1] |
Population (2016) [2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amahlathi Local Municipality | EC124 | Amathole | Stutterheim | 4,505 | 101,826 | 22.6 | |
Blue Crane Route Local Municipality | EC102 | Sarah Baartman | Somerset East | 11,068 | 36,063 | 3.3 | |
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | East London | 2,750 | 834,997 | 303.6 | ||
Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality | EC137 | Chris Hani | Ngcobo | 2,484 | 162,014 | 65.2 | |
Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality | EC101 | Sarah Baartman | Graaff-Reinet | 28,653 | 82,197 | 2.9 | |
Elundini Local Municipality | EC141 | Joe Gqabi | Nqanqarhu | 5,019 | 144,929 | 28.9 | |
Emalahleni Local Municipality | EC136 | Chris Hani | Cacadu | 3,484 | 124,532 | 35.7 | |
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality | EC139 | Chris Hani | Komani | 13,584 | 267,011 | 19.7 | |
Great Kei Local Municipality | EC123 | Amathole | Komga | 1,700 | 31,692 | 18.6 | |
Ingquza Hill Local Municipality | EC153 | OR Tambo | Flagstaff | 2,477 | 303,379 | 122.5 | |
Intsika Yethu Local Municipality | EC135 | Chris Hani | Cofimvaba | 2,873 | 152,159 | 53.0 | |
Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality | EC131 | Chris Hani | Cradock | 11,663 | 70,493 | 6.0 | |
King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality | EC157 | OR Tambo | Mthatha | 3,019 | 488,349 | 161.8 | |
Kou-Kamma Local Municipality | EC109 | Sarah Baartman | Kareedouw | 3,642 | 43,688 | 12.0 | |
Kouga Local Municipality | EC108 | Sarah Baartman | Jeffreys Bay | 2,670 | 112,941 | 42.3 | |
Makana Local Municipality | EC104 | Sarah Baartman | Makhanda | 4,376 | 82,060 | 18.8 | |
Matatiele Local Municipality | EC441 | Alfred Nzo | Matatiele | 4,352 | 219,447 | 50.4 | |
Mbhashe Local Municipality | EC121 | Amathole | Dutywa | 3,303 | 277,250 | 84.0 | |
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality | EC443 | Alfred Nzo | Bizana | 2,415 | 319,948 | 132.5 | |
Mhlontlo Local Municipality | EC156 | OR Tambo | Qumbu | 2,880 | 189,176 | 65.7 | |
Mnquma Local Municipality | EC122 | Amathole | Gcuwa | 3,137 | 246,813 | 78.7 | |
Ndlambe Local Municipality | EC105 | Sarah Baartman | Port Alfred | 1,841 | 63,180 | 34.3 | |
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Gqeberha | 1,957 | 1,263,051 | 645.4 | ||
Ngqushwa Local Municipality | EC126 | Amathole | Peddie | 2,115 | 63,694 | 30.1 | |
Ntabankulu Local Municipality | EC444 | Alfred Nzo | Ntabankulu | 1,385 | 128,848 | 93.1 | |
Nyandeni Local Municipality | EC155 | OR Tambo | Libode | 2,474 | 309,702 | 125.2 | |
Port St Johns Local Municipality | EC154 | OR Tambo | Port St Johns | 1,291 | 166,779 | 129.2 | |
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality | EC129 | Amathole | Alice | 6,357 | 159,515 | 25.1 | |
Sakhisizwe Local Municipality | EC138 | Chris Hani | Cala | 2,318 | 63,846 | 27.5 | |
Senqu Local Municipality | EC142 | Joe Gqabi | Lady Grey | 7,329 | 140,720 | 19.2 | |
Sundays River Valley Local Municipality | EC106 | Sarah Baartman | Kirkwood | 5,995 | 59,793 | 10.0 | |
Umzimvubu Local Municipality | EC442 | Alfred Nzo | Mount Frere | 2,579 | 199,620 | 77.4 | |
Walter Sisulu Local Municipality | EC145 | Joe Gqabi | Burgersdorp | 13,269 | 87,263 | 6.6 |
These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Camdeboo Local Municipality | EC101 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality |
Ikwezi Local Municipality | EC103 | 3 August 2016 | |
Baviaans Local Municipality | EC107 | 3 August 2016 | |
Nkonkobe Local Municipality | EC127 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality |
Nxuba Local Municipality | EC128 | 3 August 2016 | |
Tsolwana Local Municipality | EC132 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality |
Inkwanca Local Municipality | EC133 | 3 August 2016 | |
Lukhanji Local Municipality | EC134 | 3 August 2016 | |
Maletswai Local Municipality | EC143 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Walter Sisulu Local Municipality |
Gariep Local Municipality | EC144 | 3 August 2016 |
The Eastern Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into two metropolitan municipalities ( Buffalo City and Nelson Mandela Bay) and six district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into thirty-one local municipalities.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²) [1] |
Population (2016) [2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alfred Nzo District Municipality | DC44 | Mount Ayliff | 10,731 | 867,864 | 80.9 | |
Amathole District Municipality | DC12 | East London | 21,117 | 880,790 | 41.7 | |
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | East London | 2,750 | 834,997 | 303.6 | |
Chris Hani District Municipality | DC13 | Komani | 36,407 | 840,055 | 23.1 | |
Joe Gqabi District Municipality | DC14 | Barkly East | 25,617 | 372,912 | 14.6 | |
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Gqeberha | 1,957 | 1,263,051 | 645.4 | |
OR Tambo District Municipality | DC15 | Mthatha | 12,141 | 1,457,384 | 120.0 | |
Sarah Baartman District Municipality | DC10 | Gqeberha | 58,245 | 479,923 | 8.2 |
Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km²) [1] |
Population (2016) [2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amahlathi Local Municipality | EC124 | Amathole | Stutterheim | 4,505 | 101,826 | 22.6 | |
Blue Crane Route Local Municipality | EC102 | Sarah Baartman | Somerset East | 11,068 | 36,063 | 3.3 | |
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | East London | 2,750 | 834,997 | 303.6 | ||
Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality | EC137 | Chris Hani | Ngcobo | 2,484 | 162,014 | 65.2 | |
Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality | EC101 | Sarah Baartman | Graaff-Reinet | 28,653 | 82,197 | 2.9 | |
Elundini Local Municipality | EC141 | Joe Gqabi | Nqanqarhu | 5,019 | 144,929 | 28.9 | |
Emalahleni Local Municipality | EC136 | Chris Hani | Cacadu | 3,484 | 124,532 | 35.7 | |
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality | EC139 | Chris Hani | Komani | 13,584 | 267,011 | 19.7 | |
Great Kei Local Municipality | EC123 | Amathole | Komga | 1,700 | 31,692 | 18.6 | |
Ingquza Hill Local Municipality | EC153 | OR Tambo | Flagstaff | 2,477 | 303,379 | 122.5 | |
Intsika Yethu Local Municipality | EC135 | Chris Hani | Cofimvaba | 2,873 | 152,159 | 53.0 | |
Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality | EC131 | Chris Hani | Cradock | 11,663 | 70,493 | 6.0 | |
King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality | EC157 | OR Tambo | Mthatha | 3,019 | 488,349 | 161.8 | |
Kou-Kamma Local Municipality | EC109 | Sarah Baartman | Kareedouw | 3,642 | 43,688 | 12.0 | |
Kouga Local Municipality | EC108 | Sarah Baartman | Jeffreys Bay | 2,670 | 112,941 | 42.3 | |
Makana Local Municipality | EC104 | Sarah Baartman | Makhanda | 4,376 | 82,060 | 18.8 | |
Matatiele Local Municipality | EC441 | Alfred Nzo | Matatiele | 4,352 | 219,447 | 50.4 | |
Mbhashe Local Municipality | EC121 | Amathole | Dutywa | 3,303 | 277,250 | 84.0 | |
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality | EC443 | Alfred Nzo | Bizana | 2,415 | 319,948 | 132.5 | |
Mhlontlo Local Municipality | EC156 | OR Tambo | Qumbu | 2,880 | 189,176 | 65.7 | |
Mnquma Local Municipality | EC122 | Amathole | Gcuwa | 3,137 | 246,813 | 78.7 | |
Ndlambe Local Municipality | EC105 | Sarah Baartman | Port Alfred | 1,841 | 63,180 | 34.3 | |
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Gqeberha | 1,957 | 1,263,051 | 645.4 | ||
Ngqushwa Local Municipality | EC126 | Amathole | Peddie | 2,115 | 63,694 | 30.1 | |
Ntabankulu Local Municipality | EC444 | Alfred Nzo | Ntabankulu | 1,385 | 128,848 | 93.1 | |
Nyandeni Local Municipality | EC155 | OR Tambo | Libode | 2,474 | 309,702 | 125.2 | |
Port St Johns Local Municipality | EC154 | OR Tambo | Port St Johns | 1,291 | 166,779 | 129.2 | |
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality | EC129 | Amathole | Alice | 6,357 | 159,515 | 25.1 | |
Sakhisizwe Local Municipality | EC138 | Chris Hani | Cala | 2,318 | 63,846 | 27.5 | |
Senqu Local Municipality | EC142 | Joe Gqabi | Lady Grey | 7,329 | 140,720 | 19.2 | |
Sundays River Valley Local Municipality | EC106 | Sarah Baartman | Kirkwood | 5,995 | 59,793 | 10.0 | |
Umzimvubu Local Municipality | EC442 | Alfred Nzo | Mount Frere | 2,579 | 199,620 | 77.4 | |
Walter Sisulu Local Municipality | EC145 | Joe Gqabi | Burgersdorp | 13,269 | 87,263 | 6.6 |
These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Camdeboo Local Municipality | EC101 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality |
Ikwezi Local Municipality | EC103 | 3 August 2016 | |
Baviaans Local Municipality | EC107 | 3 August 2016 | |
Nkonkobe Local Municipality | EC127 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality |
Nxuba Local Municipality | EC128 | 3 August 2016 | |
Tsolwana Local Municipality | EC132 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality |
Inkwanca Local Municipality | EC133 | 3 August 2016 | |
Lukhanji Local Municipality | EC134 | 3 August 2016 | |
Maletswai Local Municipality | EC143 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Walter Sisulu Local Municipality |
Gariep Local Municipality | EC144 | 3 August 2016 |