Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Nelson Mandela Bay
Metropolitan municipality
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Seat	Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Wards	60
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Area
• Total	1,959 km2 (756 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	1,190,496
• Density	607.71/km2 (1,574.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
• Black African	62.7%
• Coloured	19.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.2%
• White	15.7%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	53.9%
• Afrikaans	29.3%
• English	13.5%
• Other	3.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NMA

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala oMbaxa iNelson Mandela Bay; Afrikaans: Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit) is one of eight metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape province and comprises the city of Gqeberha, the nearby towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, and the surrounding rural area.

The name "Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality" was chosen to honour former President Nelson Mandela.

History

Bricks used in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality around 1903-04 may have been made from parts of the holotype of the sauropod dinosaur Algoasaurus bauri.

Established on 5 December 2000, the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality was formed as an administrative area covering Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), the neighbouring towns of Kariega (Uitenhage) and Despatch and the surrounding agricultural areas. Thus included the following cities/towns/villages:

Demographics and statistics

Geographical distribution of home languages in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro      Afrikaans      English      Xhosa      No language dominant

As of the census of 2011, there are 1,152,115 people and 324,292 households in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.

In the 2007 census, 60.4% of respondents described themselves as Black African, 22.6% Coloured, 16.1% White and 0.9% Indian/Asian.

The largest religious groupings are Christian (89.4% of residents), no religion (6.1%), Muslim (1.5%), Jewish (0.4%) and Hindu (0.3%).

57.3% of the residents speak Xhosa as their mother tongue. Afrikaans is the mother tongue of 29.7%, and English, 12.1%.

• 16.0% of all households are single-person.
• The average household size is 3.86.
• The median age is 26 years.
• For every 100 females there are 91.2 males.
• 28.2% of the population aged 15–65 is unemployed.
• The median annual income of working adults aged 15–65 is ZAR 21 837 ($3,282).

According to the 2009 edition of the municipality's 2006–2011 Integrated Development Plan, manufacturing is the single largest contributor to the local economy (33%), followed by community services (27%). Tourism represents a key sector of the economy that has increasingly contributed to job creation in recent years, thanks in large part to the municipality's seaside location and its abundance of unspoiled beaches, of which four carry Blue Flag status.

100% of households have access to a source of water within a 200 m radius. 91% of households have access to a basic level of sanitation. 100% of households within the urban boundary have access to a basic level of solid waste removal, and 97% of households in formally demarcated municipal residential areas have access to a basic level of electricity. The municipality has 41 permanent and satellite clinics, 13 mobile clinics, eight hospitals, 22 libraries, 31 community and municipal halls, 79 sports facilities, 19 beaches, 18 pools, 273 schools, one university (the Nelson Mandela University), four technical colleges and two Further Education and Training institutions.

Main places

The censuses of 2001 and 2011 divided the municipality into the following main places:

See also

In Spanish: Municipio Metropolitano de Nelson Mandela Bay para niños