Embalenhle
Appearance
eMbalenhle
eMbali | |
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Coordinates: 26°32′46″S 29°04′52″E / 26.546°S 29.081°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Gert Sibande |
Municipality | Govan Mbeki |
Area | |
• Total | 19.65 km2 (7.59 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 118,889 |
• Density | 6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.0% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 0.2% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 49.8% |
• Xhosa | 10.9% |
• Sotho | 10.1% |
• S. Ndebele | 9.1% |
• Other | 20.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2285 |
PO box | 2285 |
eMbalenhle is a township in Govan Mbeki Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
It was established in the 1970s to serve as a black-only township for the neighbouring Secunda, which was founded at the same time. Similar to Secunda, a substantial part of housing in eMbalenhle has been constructed by Sasol for its workers.[2]
eMbalenhle is 10 km away from Secunda, and either town is generally accessed from the other by means of using the R580 road.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Main Place eMbalenhle". Census 2011.
- ^ "The Perverse Effects of Mixing Local Economic Development and Community Development: An Example from South Africa". Lernprojekt Meso-NRW. Retrieved 7 January 2014.