| Great Kei | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in the Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Amathole |
| Seat: | Qumrha |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 7 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | ANC |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ngenisile Wellington Tekile |
| Leader Title1: | Speaker |
| Leader Name1: | Ngenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC) |
| Leader Title2: | Chief Whip |
| Leader Name2: | Ndileka Kantshashe (ANC) |
| Area Total Km2: | 1736 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 38991 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 91.3% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.3% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 7.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 88.8% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 7.0% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 2.7% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 1.5% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | EC123 |
Great Kei Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Great Kei) is a local municipality within the Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The word Kei is of Khoekhoe origin, meaning "sand". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River.[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21202 | 3.80 | 1,317 | ||
| 21201 | 2.57 | 423 | ||
| 21203 | 0.51 | 1,473 | ||
| 21205 | 1.20 | 114 | ||
| 21206 | 3.20 | 284 | ||
| 21207 | 5.32 | 1,267 | ||
| 21209 | 0.36 | 96 | ||
| 21208 | 50.83 | 8,941 | ||
| 21210 | 145.07 | 17,281 | ||
| 21211 | 1.36 | 453 | ||
| 21212 | 0.17 | 67 | ||
| 21213 | 1.94 | 5,652 | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 21204 | 1,519.30 | 7,087 |
See main article: Great Kei Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[6]