Mopani District Municipality
Mopani | |
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![]() Location in South Africa | |
Coordinates: 23°19′S 30°43′E / 23.317°S 30.717°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
Seat | Giyani |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Pule Shayi[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 20,011 km2 (7,726 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 1,092,507 |
• Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2016) | |
• Black African | 97.5% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 45.9% |
• Tsonga | 44.3% |
• Sotho | 2.9% |
• Afrikaans | 2.1% |
• Other | 4.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC33 |
The Mopani District Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Selete wa Mopani; Tsonga: Masipala wa Xifundza xa Mopani) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the district is Giyani. According to the 2016 Community Survey, it had a population of 1,159,185.[4] The district code is DC33. After the 12th amendment to the Constitution of South Africa, parts of the Bohlabela District Municipality were incorporated into Mopani.
Geography
[edit]Neighbours
[edit]Mopani is surrounded by:
- the republic of Mozambique to the east
- Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the south
- Sekhukhune (DC35) to the south-west
- Capricorn (DC35) to the west
- Vhembe (DC34) to the north
Local municipalities
[edit]The district contains the following local municipalities:
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km2)[5] |
Population (2016)[4] |
Dominant language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ba-Phalaborwa | LIM334 | Phalaborwa | 7,489 | 168,937 | Tsonga |
Greater Giyani | LIM331 | Giyani | 4,172 | 256,127 | Tsonga |
Greater Letaba | LIM332 | Modjadjiskloof | 1,891 | 218,030 | Pedi |
Greater Tzaneen | LIM333 | Tzaneen | 2,897 | 416,146 | Pedi, Tsonga |
Maruleng | LIM335 | Hoedspruit | 3,563 | 99,946 | Pedi |
Demographics
[edit]The following statistics are from the Community Survey 2016.[6]
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Northern Sotho | 537,240 | 46.35% |
Tsonga | 518,462 | 44.73% |
Sotho | 30,646 | 2.64% |
Afrikaans | 19,370 | 1.67% |
English | 8,349 | 0.72% |
Venda | 4,397 | 0.38% |
Zulu | 2,029 | 0.18% |
Swati | 1,759 | 0.15% |
Xhosa | 1,588 | 0.14% |
Tswana | 881 | 0.08% |
Khoi, Nama and San | 729 | 0.06% |
Ndebele | 247 | 0.02% |
Sign | 160 | 0.01% |
Other | 7,984 | 0.69% |
Not applicable | 25,236 | 2.18% |
Not specified | 108 | 0.01% |
Gender
[edit]Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 619,612 | 53.45% |
Male | 539,574 | 46.55% |
Ethnic group
[edit]Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Black African | 1,130,512 | 97.53% |
White | 23,628 | 2.04% |
Indian/Asian | 2,918 | 0.25% |
Coloured | 2.128 | 0.18% |
Age
[edit]Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
0–4 | 136,331 | 11.76% |
5–9 | 123,453 | 10.65% |
10–14 | 105,887 | 9.13% |
15–19 | 136,808 | 11.80% |
20–24 | 120,118 | 10.36% |
25–29 | 108,807 | 9.39% |
30–34 | 88,778 | 7.66% |
35–39 | 68,927 | 5.95% |
40–44 | 59,369 | 5.12% |
45–49 | 51,785 | 4.47% |
50–54 | 42,471 | 3.66% |
55–59 | 34,768 | 3.00% |
60–64 | 28,875 | 2.49% |
65–69 | 18,832 | 1.62% |
70–74 | 14,444 | 1.25% |
75–79 | 9,147 | 0.79% |
80–84 | 4,676 | 0.40% |
85– | 5,711 | 0.49% |
Politics
[edit]Election results
[edit]The following results are for the direct proportional representation election of members of the Mopani District Council on 3 August 2016.[7]
Party | Votes | % | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | 212,085 | 74.74% | ||||||
EFF | 35,590 | 12.54% | ||||||
DA | 19,965 | 7.04% | ||||||
APC | 4,036 | 1.42% | ||||||
COPE | 3,212 | 1.13% | ||||||
Civic Warriors of Maruleng | 2,907 | 1.02% | ||||||
ACDP | 1,339 | 0.47% | ||||||
Ximoko Party | 1,289 | 0.45% | ||||||
National Independent Party | 1,256 | 0.44% | ||||||
VF+ | 868 | 0.31% | ||||||
UDM | 721 | 0.25% | ||||||
PAC | 509 | 0.18% | ||||||
Total | 283,777 | |||||||
Valid votes | 283,777 | 98.52% | ||||||
Spoilt votes | 4,254 | 1.48% | ||||||
Total votes cast | 288,031 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ANC replaces axed Limpopo mayors | eNCA".
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ a b Community Survey 2016: Provincial profile: Limpopo (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2018. p. 12. ISBN 9780621449877.
- ^ "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
- ^ "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016.
- ^ Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC33 - Mopani (PDF) (Report). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 2016.
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