Ehlanzeni District Municipality
Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Ehlanzeni is Mbombela. The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati. The district code is DC32.
Geography
Neighbours
Ehlanzeni is surrounded by:- Mopani to the north
- The republic of Mozambique to the east
- The kingdom of Eswatini to the south
- Gert Sibande to the south
- Nkangala to the south-west
- Sekhukhune to the north-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Mbombela | 528 550 | 55.95% | Swazi |
| Nkomazi | 334 419 | 35.40% | Swazi |
| Thaba Chweu | 81 238 | 8.60% | Northern Sotho |
| Bushbuckridge | 495 000 | 0.05% | Tsonga |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.| Language | Population | % |
| SiSwati | 737 534 | 78.07% |
| Xitsonga | 64 987 | 6.88% |
| Sepedi | 40 513 | 4.29% |
| Afrikaans | 39 731 | 4.21% |
| English | 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% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Ehlanzeni in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 537 768
- Total votes: 333 737
- Voting % estimate: 62.06% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 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 | 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% |