List of municipalities in the Eastern Cape
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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)[1] |
Population (2016)[2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Nzo District Municipality | DC44 | eMaxesibeni | 10,731 | 867,864 | 80.9 | |
| Amathole District Municipality | DC12 | KuGompo City | 21,117 | 880,790 | 41.7 | |
| Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | KuGompo City | 2,750 | 834,997 | 303.6 | |
| Chris Hani District Municipality | DC13 | Komani | 36,407 | 840,055 | 23.1 | |
| Joe Gqabi District Municipality | DC14 | Ekhephini | 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
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 | |
| Baviaans Local Municipality | EC107 | 3 August 2016 | |
| Nkonkobe Local Municipality | EC127 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality |
| Nxuba Local Municipality | EC128 | 3 August 2016 | |
| Tsolwana Local Municipality | EC132 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality |
| Inkwanca Local Municipality | EC133 | 3 August 2016 | |
| Lukhanji Local Municipality | EC134 | 3 August 2016 | |
| Maletswai Local Municipality | EC143 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Walter Sisulu Local Municipality |
| Gariep Local Municipality | EC144 | 3 August 2016 |