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Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is one of six Metropolitan (or "Category A") municipalities in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay, and comprises the city of Port Elizabeth, the nearby towns of Uitenhage and Despatch, and the surrounding rural area.
The name was chosen to honour Nelson Mandela, as there is little to no historical connection between him and the region, and no geographical feature by that name.
History
In 2001, the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality was formed as an administrative area covering Port Elizabeth, the neighbouring towns of Uitenhage and Despatch and the surrounding agricultural areas. The name was chosen to honour Nelson Mandela; there is little to no historical connection between him and the region.
Demographics
Geographical distribution of home languages in Port Elizabeth
As of the census of 2001[2], there are 1,005,776 people and 260,798 households in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality.
In that same census, 58.90% of respondents described themselves as Black African, 23.48% Coloured, 16.51% White and 1.12% Indian/Asia.
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 IsiXhosa 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).
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