# List of municipalities in the Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into two metropolitan municipalities (Buffalo City and Nelson Mandela Bay) and six district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into thirty-one local municipalities.
In the following map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.

## District and metropolitan municipalities

| Name | Code | Seat | Area (km²) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km²) |
| Alfred Nzo District Municipality | DC44 | Mount Ayliff | 10,731 | 867,864 | 80.9 |
| Amathole District Municipality | DC12 | East London | 21,117 | 880,790 | 41.7 |
| Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | East London | 2,750 | 834,997 | 303.6 |
| Chris Hani District Municipality | DC13 | Komani | 36,407 | 840,055 | 23.1 |
| Joe Gqabi District Municipality | DC14 | Barkly East | 25,617 | 372,912 | 14.6 |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Gqeberha | 1,957 | 1,263,051 | 645.4 |
| OR Tambo District Municipality | DC15 | Mthatha | 12,141 | 1,457,384 | 120.0 |
| Sarah Baartman District Municipality | DC10 | Gqeberha | 58,245 | 479,923 | 8.2 |

## Local and metropolitan municipalities

| Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km²) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km²) |
| Amahlathi Local Municipality | EC124 | Amathole | Stutterheim | 4,505 | 101,826 | 22.6 |
| Blue Crane Route Local Municipality | EC102 | Sarah Baartman | Somerset East | 11,068 | 36,063 | 3.3 |
| Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | | East London | 2,750 | 834,997 | 303.6 |
| Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality | EC137 | Chris Hani | Ngcobo | 2,484 | 162,014 | 65.2 |
| Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality | EC101 | Sarah Baartman | Graaff-Reinet | 28,653 | 82,197 | 2.9 |
| Elundini Local Municipality | EC141 | Joe Gqabi | Nqanqarhu | 5,019 | 144,929 | 28.9 |
| Emalahleni Local Municipality | EC136 | Chris Hani | Cacadu | 3,484 | 124,532 | 35.7 |
| Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality | EC139 | Chris Hani | Komani | 13,584 | 267,011 | 19.7 |
| Great Kei Local Municipality | EC123 | Amathole | Komga | 1,700 | 31,692 | 18.6 |
| Ingquza Hill Local Municipality | EC153 | OR Tambo | Flagstaff | 2,477 | 303,379 | 122.5 |
| Intsika Yethu Local Municipality | EC135 | Chris Hani | Cofimvaba | 2,873 | 152,159 | 53.0 |
| Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality | EC131 | Chris Hani | Cradock | 11,663 | 70,493 | 6.0 |
| King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality | EC157 | OR Tambo | Mthatha | 3,019 | 488,349 | 161.8 |
| Kou-Kamma Local Municipality | EC109 | Sarah Baartman | Kareedouw | 3,642 | 43,688 | 12.0 |
| Kouga Local Municipality | EC108 | Sarah Baartman | Jeffreys Bay | 2,670 | 112,941 | 42.3 |
| Makana Local Municipality | EC104 | Sarah Baartman | Makhanda | 4,376 | 82,060 | 18.8 |
| Matatiele Local Municipality | EC441 | Alfred Nzo | Matatiele | 4,352 | 219,447 | 50.4 |
| Mbhashe Local Municipality | EC121 | Amathole | Dutywa | 3,303 | 277,250 | 84.0 |
| Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality | EC443 | Alfred Nzo | Bizana | 2,415 | 319,948 | 132.5 |
| Mhlontlo Local Municipality | EC156 | OR Tambo | Qumbu | 2,880 | 189,176 | 65.7 |
| Mnquma Local Municipality | EC122 | Amathole | Gcuwa | 3,137 | 246,813 | 78.7 |
| Ndlambe Local Municipality | EC105 | Sarah Baartman | Port Alfred | 1,841 | 63,180 | 34.3 |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | | Gqeberha | 1,957 | 1,263,051 | 645.4 |
| Ngqushwa Local Municipality | EC126 | Amathole | Peddie | 2,115 | 63,694 | 30.1 |
| Ntabankulu Local Municipality | EC444 | Alfred Nzo | Ntabankulu | 1,385 | 128,848 | 93.1 |
| Nyandeni Local Municipality | EC155 | OR Tambo | Libode | 2,474 | 309,702 | 125.2 |
| Port St Johns Local Municipality | EC154 | OR Tambo | Port St Johns | 1,291 | 166,779 | 129.2 |
| Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality | EC129 | Amathole | Alice | 6,357 | 159,515 | 25.1 |
| Sakhisizwe Local Municipality | EC138 | Chris Hani | Cala | 2,318 | 63,846 | 27.5 |
| Senqu Local Municipality | EC142 | Joe Gqabi | Lady Grey | 7,329 | 140,720 | 19.2 |
| Sundays River Valley Local Municipality | EC106 | Sarah Baartman | Kirkwood | 5,995 | 59,793 | 10.0 |
| Umzimvubu Local Municipality | EC442 | Alfred Nzo | Mount Frere | 2,579 | 199,620 | 77.4 |
| Walter Sisulu Local Municipality | EC145 | Joe Gqabi | Burgersdorp | 13,269 | 87,263 | 6.6 |

## Former municipalities

These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
| Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
| Camdeboo Local Municipality | EC101 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality |
| Ikwezi Local Municipality | EC103 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality |
| Baviaans Local Municipality | EC107 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality |
| Nkonkobe Local Municipality | EC127 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality |
| Nxuba Local Municipality | EC128 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality |
| Tsolwana Local Municipality | EC132 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality |
| Inkwanca Local Municipality | EC133 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality |
| Lukhanji Local Municipality | EC134 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality |
| Maletswai Local Municipality | EC143 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Walter Sisulu Local Municipality |
| Gariep Local Municipality | EC144 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Walter Sisulu Local Municipality |