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Lukhanji
Former local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Seat	Queenstown
Wards	27
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Nozibele Makanda (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,813 km (1,472 sq mi)
Population
• Total	190,723
• Density	50/km (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	92.6%
• Coloured	3.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	2.7%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	86.8%
• Afrikaans	5.5%
• English	4.5%
• Other	3.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC134

Lukhanji Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Lukhanji is a Xhosa name for the mountain that runs from the eastern side of Queenstown to the western side. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places
(Note: only places with more than 1,000 inhabitants listed here):

Politics

The municipal council consisted of fifty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-seven councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards, while the remaining twenty-seven were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

1. In one ward the ANC candidate was deemed elected without a ballot as no other candidates were nominated.

References

1. "Mother of Six Appointed Executive Mayor of Lukhanji Municipality". Newsroom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
2. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. South African Languages - Place names
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Lukhanji" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• Official website

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• Former local municipalities of South Africa
• Lukhanji Local Municipality