The OR Tambo District Municipality () is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is within the Wild Coast Region. The seat is Mthatha. As of 2011, the vast majority (94%) of its 1,364,943 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa. The district is named after Oliver Tambo. The district code is DC15.

Geography Neighbours OR Tambo is surrounded by: Alfred Nzo District (DC44) to the north the Indian Ocean to the south-east Amatole District (DC12) to the south-west Chris Hani District (DC13) to the west Joe Gqabi District (DC14) to the north-west

Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%King Sabata Dalindyebo 415,227 24.77%Nyandeni 281,252 16.78%Ngquza Hill 255,371 15.23%Kumkani Mhlontlo 196,675 11.73%Port St Johns 146,134 8.72%

After the 2011 municipal election, OR Tambo District shrank, with Mbizana and Ntabankulu local municipalities being transferred to Alfred Nzo District Municipality.

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%Xhosa 1,270,514 94.21%English 36,321 2.69%Afrikaans 7,374 0.17%Sign language 10,388 0.77%Zulu 6,664 0.49%Other3,854 0.29%Sotho 3,590 0.27%Northern Sotho 3,366 0.25%Ndebele 2,853 0.21%Tswana 1,864 0.14%Venda 874 0.06%Swati 445 0.03%Tsonga 440 0.03%

Gender GenderPopulation%Female 734,856 53.84% Male 630,088 46.16%

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 1,351,789 99.04%Coloured 6,434 0.47%White 2,641 0.19%Indian/Asian 2,654 0.19%Other 1,425 0.10%

Age AgePopulation%000–004 215,814 12.87%005–009 267,090 15.93%010–014 268,632 16.02%015–019 223,484 13.33%020–024 135,214 8.07%025–029 93,877 5.60%030–034 74,041 4.42%035–039 70,360 4.20%040–044 65,698 3.92%045–049 50,357 3.00%050–054 41,828 2.50%055–059 32,556 1.94%060–064 43,877 2.62%065–069 35,462 2.12%070–074 30,004 1.79%075–079 13,399 0.80%080–084 10,224 0.61%085–089 2,714 0.16%090–094 1,219 0.07%095–099 479 0.03%100 plus 134 0.01%

Politics Election results Election results for OR Tambo in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 782 012 (46.65% of total population) Total votes: 496 206 (29.60% of total population) Voting % estimate: 63.45% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 392,740 79.15%United Democratic Movement 91,722 18.48%African Christian Democratic Party 2,763 0.56%Pan African Congress 2,733 0.55%Democratic Alliance 1,141 0.23%SOPA 675 0.14%United Christian Democratic Party 583 0.12%Inkhata Freedom Party 535 0.11%Azanian People's Organisation 508 0.10%EMSA 425 0.09%New National Party 381 0.08%PJC 353 0.07%Freedom Front Plus 314 0.06%UF 282 0.06%Independent Democrats 259 0.05%TOP 211 0.04%NA 158 0.03%CDP 145 0.03%NLP 100 0.02%KISS 90 0.02%Minority Front 88 0.02%Total 496,206 100.00%

References

External links Official website