List of municipalities in the Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into two metropolitan municipalities 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
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 | 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 |