Chris Hani is one of the 7 districts

Districts of South Africa

South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...

 of Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...

 province of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. The seat of Chris Hani is Queenstown

Queenstown, Eastern Cape

Queenstown, named after Queen Victoria, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, roughly half way in between the towns of Cathcart and Sterkstroom. It is currently the commercial, administrative, and educational centre of the prosperous surrounding farming district...

. The majority of its 810 274 people speak Xhosa

Xhosa language

Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...

 (2001 Census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

), although Afrikaans

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

 speaking people predominate in the far west of the district. The district code is DC13.

Neighbours

Chris Hani is surrounded by:

• Ukhahlamba
  Ukhahlamba District Municipality
  Joe Gqabi is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Joe Gqabi is Barkly East. The majority of its 341 337 people speak IsiXhosa . The district code is DC14...
  
   (DC14) to the north
• OR Tambo
  OR Tambo District Municipality
  OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha . The vast majority of its 1 676 463 people speak Xhosa . The district is named after Oliver Tambo...
  
   (DC15) to the north-east
• Amatole
  Amatole District Municipality
  Amathole is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Amathole is East London. Over 90% of its 1 664 259 people speak Xhosa . The district code is DC12...
  
   (DC12) to the south
• Cacadu
  Cacadu District Municipality
  Cacadu District Municipality is situated in the Western Portion of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes nine local municipalities and other portions collectively known as the District Management Areas . The seat of...
  
   (DC10) to the south-west
• Pixley ka Seme (DC7) to the north-west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities

Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...

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Local municipality	Population	%
Intsika Yethu Intsika Yethu Local Municipality Intsika Yethu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Intsika Yethu is an isiXhosa name meaning “our pillars”....	194 240	23.97%
Lukanji	184 539	22.77%
Engcobo Engcobo Local Municipality Engcobo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Engcobo is an isiXhosa name for a sweet grass found in the area....	148 403	18.32%
Emalahleni Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape Emalahleni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiXhosa name meaning “a place of coal”.-2004 general election:...	115 932	14.31%
Inxuba Yethemba Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, formerly known as Cradock Local Municipality, is a local municipality in Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape...	60 295	7.44%
Sakhisizwe Sakhisizwe Local Municipality Sakhisizwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Sakhisizwe is an isiXhosa name meaning "we are building the nation".-References:...	54 029	6.67%
Tsolwana Tsolwana Local Municipality Tsolwana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Tsolwana is an isiXhosa name which means “something with a sharp ending or a tip”, referring the mountains around the whole area....	32 515	4.01%
Inkwanca Inkwanca Local Municipality Inkwanca Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Inkwanca is an isiXhosa name meaning cold. The municipal area is the coldest area in the country and the lowest temperatures are recorded in the area every year....	20 245	2.50%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

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Language	Population	%
Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...	755 615	93.25%
Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...	43 442	5.36%
English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	6 748	0.83%
Sotho	2 013	0.25%
Swati Swati language The Swazi or Swati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga and KaNgwane areas...	810	0.10%
Zulu Zulu language Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...	509	0.06%
Ndebele Southern Ndebele language The Southern Ndebele language is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele . There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa:* the Northern Transvaal Ndebele or Nrebele...	317	0.04%
Other	310	0.04%
Northern Sotho	197	0.02%
Tswana Tswana language Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi...	170	0.02%
Venda Venda Venda was a bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo province. It was founded as a homeland for the Venda people, speakers of the Venda language. It bordered modern Zimbabwe and South Africa, and is now part of Limpopo in South Africa....	102	0.01%
Tsonga Tsonga language The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.- Classification :Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages...	56	0.01%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	435 752	53.78%
Male	374 522	46.22%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	762 311	94.08%
Coloured	31 537	3.89%
White	15 923	1.97%
Indian/Asian	503	0.06%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	81 371	10.04%
005 - 009	108 992	13.45%
010 - 014	124 534	15.37%
015 - 019	110 945	13.69%
020 - 024	59 510	7.34%
025 - 029	43 980	5.43%
030 - 034	37 717	4.65%
035 - 039	37 848	4.67%
040 - 044	38 011	4.69%
045 - 049	32 186	3.97%
050 - 054	26 951	3.33%
055 - 059	21 800	2.69%
060 - 064	27 443	3.39%
065 - 069	20 117	2.48%
070 - 074	16 462	2.03%
075 - 079	9 640	1.19%
080 - 084	8 795	1.09%
085 - 089	2 328	0.29%
090 - 094	1 253	0.15%
095 - 099	301	0.04%
100 plus	90	0.01%

Election results

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

South African general election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....

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• 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

  Party	Votes	%
  African National Congress African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...	234 383	82.60%
  United Democratic Movement	27 014	9.52%
  Democratic Alliance	9 676	3.41%
  Pan African Congress Pan-African Congress The Pan-African Congress was a series of five meetings in 1919, 1921, 1923, 1927, and 1945 that were intended to address the issues facing Africa due to European colonization of much of the continent....	6 227	2.19%
  African Christian Democratic Party	1 337	0.47%
  Independent Democrats	1 172	0.41%
  New National Party	902	0.32%
  Freedom Front Plus	643	0.23%
  SOPA	340	0.12%
  Azanian People's Organisation	326	0.11%
  United Christian Democratic Party	308	0.11%
  PJC	305	0.11%
  Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom Party The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...	262	0.09%
  EMSA	200	0.07%
  NA	166	0.06%
  UF	130	0.05%
  TOP	108	0.04%
  CDP	90	0.03%
  NLP	60	0.02%
  KISS	55	0.02%
  Minority Front	45	0.02%
  Total	283 749	100.00%