Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 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 Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...

 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 Ehlanzeni is Nelspruit

Nelspruit

Nelspruit is a city of more than 500,000 people situated in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province . Located on the Crocodile River, Nelspruit lies about west of the Mozambique border and east of Johannesburg. The towns of Nelspruit are Kanyamazane and Pienaar...

. The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati (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...

). The district code is DC32.

Neighbours

Ehlanzeni is surrounded by:

• Mopani
  Mopani District Municipality
  Mopani is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Mopani is Giyani. The majority of its 964 195 people speak Tsonga or Northern Sotho . The district code is DC33...
  
   (DC33) to the north
• The republic of Mozambique
  Mozambique
  Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
  
   to the east
• The kingdom of Swaziland
  Swaziland
  Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
  
   to the south
• Gert Sibande
  Gert Sibande District Municipality
  Gert Sibande is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Secunda. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC30...
  
   (DC30) to the south
• Nkangala
  Nkangala District Municipality
  Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1 020 592 people is IsiNdebele...
  
   (DC31) to the south-west
• Sekhukhune
  Sekhukhune District Municipality
  Sekhukhune is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Sekhukhune is Groblersdal. The majority of its 967 126 people speak Northern Sotho...
  
   (CBDC3) 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...

:

Local municipality	Population	%
Mbombela Mbombela Local Municipality Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".-Towns:*Daantjie*Kaapsehoop*Kabowkeni*Kanyamazane*Hazyview*Matsulu...	474 805	50.26%
Nkomazi Nkomazi Local Municipality Nkomazi Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga. Malelane is the Seat of the municiplity.-References:**...	334 419	35.40%
Thaba Chweu Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga.- Towns :*Badfontein,*Blyde,*Brondal,*Buffelsvlei,*Goedewil,*Graan,*Graskop,*Hendriksdal,*Klein-Sabie,*Klipskool,...	81 238	8.60%
Umjindi Umjindi Local Municipality Umjindi is a local municipality of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Barberton is the Seat of the municipality. The municipality had a population of 53 744 according to the 2001 census.- Towns :*Avoca,*Barberton,*Jambila,...	53 745	5.69%
Bushbuckridge Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Bushbuckridge Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. The name of the municipality is derived from the fact that the area was inhabited by many bushbuck long time ago.- Towns :*Orinnoco,...	495	0.05%

Bushbuckridge was Lowveld Local Municipality.

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...

.

Language	Population	%
SiSwati	737 534	78.07%
Xitsonga	64 987	6.88%
Sepedi	40 513	4.29%
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...	39 731	4.21%
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...	18 103	1.92%
IsiZulu	16 311	1.73%
Sesotho	16 092	1.70%
Setswana	3 478	0.37%
IsiNdebele	2 411	0.26%
Other	2 407	0.25%
IsiXhosa	2 260	0.24%
Tshivenda	875	0.09%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	491 212	52.00%
Male	453 453	48.00%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	889 436	94.15%
White	45 809	4.85%
Coloured	6 851	0.73%
Indian/Asian	2 569	0.27%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	108 898	11.53%
005 - 009	112 747	11.94%
010 - 014	116 683	12.35%
015 - 019	113 504	12.02%
020 - 024	93 023	9.85%
025 - 029	85 374	9.04%
030 - 034	68 929	7.30%
035 - 039	61 112	6.47%
040 - 044	44 885	4.75%
045 - 049	37 270	3.95%
050 - 054	27 034	2.86%
055 - 059	18 573	1.97%
060 - 064	18 662	1.98%
065 - 069	12 453	1.32%
070 - 074	11 883	1.26%
075 - 079	5 698	0.60%
080 - 084	5 132	0.54%
085 - 089	1 525	0.16%
090 - 094	804	0.09%
095 - 099	324	0.03%
100 plus	152	0.02%

Election results

Election results for Ehlanzeni 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....

.

• Population 18 and over: 537 768 [56.93% of total population]
• Total votes: 333 737 [35.33% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 62.06% 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...	298 810	89.53%
  Democratic Alliance	20 523	6.15%
  African Christian Democratic Party	3 087	0.92%
  United Democratic Movement	3 006	0.90%
  Freedom Front Plus	1 891	0.57%
  Pan African Congress	1 460	0.44%
  New National Party	1 216	0.36%
  Independent Democrats	1 056	0.32%
  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:...	1 038	0.31%
  Azanian People's Organisation	348	0.10%
  United Christian Democratic Party	282	0.08%
  SOPA	172	0.05%
  NA	136	0.04%
  EMSA	130	0.04%
  CDP	124	0.04%
  PJC	118	0.04%
  UF	118	0.04%
  TOP	75	0.02%
  KISS	62	0.02%
  NLP	54	0.02%
  Minority Front	31	0.01%
  Total	333 737	100.00%