Amathole District Municipality

Amathole is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Amathole is East London. Over 90% of its 892,637 people speak Xhosa (2011 Census). The district code is DC12. "Amathole" means calves, the name of the mountain range and forest which forms the northern boundary of the district.GovernmentThe Executive Mayor of Amathole District Municipality since 2016 is Nomfusi Winnie Nxawe, and the Municipal Manager is Chris N. Magwangqana.GeographyNeighboursAmathole is surrounded by: Chris Hani District (DC13) to the north OR Tambo District (DC15) to the north-east the Indian Ocean to the south-east Sarah Baartman District (DC10) to westLocal municipalitiesThe district contains the following local municipalities:PoliticsElection resultsElection results for Amathole in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 979,166 Total votes: 630,953 Voting % estimate: 64.44% votes as a % of population 18 and over