Capricorn District Municipality

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Capricorn
Capricorn CoA.png
Map of South Africa with Capricorn highlighted (2011).svg
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 23°53′S29°26′E / 23.883°S 29.433°E / -23.883; 29.433
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
Seat Polokwane
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorMamedupi Teffo [2]
Area
  Total
21,705 km2 (8,380 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [3]
  Total
1,261,463
  Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
[3]
   Black African 97%
   Coloured 0.6%
   Indian/Asian 0.4%
   White 2%
First languages (2011)
[4]
   Northern Sotho 84.9%
   Afrikaans 3.0%
   Tsonga 2.6%
   English 2.0%
  Other7.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC35

The Capricorn District Municipality (Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Selete wa Capricorn) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The capital is Polokwane. As of 2011, the vast majority of its 1,261,463 residents spoke Northern Sotho as their home language. The district code is DC35.

Contents

Geography

Neighbours

Capricorn is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Polokwane 508 27244.02% Northern Sotho
Lepelle-Nkumpi 227 96519.74%Northern Sotho
Blouberg 161 32613.97%Northern Sotho
Aganang (was amalgamated into other municipalities in 2016) 147 68612.79%Northern Sotho
Molemole 109 4429.48%Northern Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Northern Sotho 1 055 42184.90%
Afrikaans 36 9012.97%
Tsonga 32 3792.60%
English 25 1772.03%
Ndebele 24 7331.99%
Other 18 4891.49%
Venda 17 4771.41%
Zulu 11 6710.94%
Sotho 8 1700.66%
Tswana 6 9900.56%
Xhosa 2 1670.17%
Swati 1 4180.11%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female671 22053.21%
Male590 24246.79%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African1 211 87496.07%
White African35 4702.81%
Coloured6 2710.50%
Indian/Asian5 2340.41%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 004130 81511.33%
005 - 009157 65013.65%
010 - 014165 92014.37%
015 - 019152 74413.23%
020 - 02499 1578.59%
025 - 02975 8336.57%
030 - 03463 4945.50%
035 - 03959 8575.18%
040 - 04449 3484.27%
045 - 04941 5933.60%
050 - 05434 7803.01%
055 - 05926 8192.32%
060 - 06427 2052.36%
065 - 06921 7391.88%
070 - 07419 7361.71%
075 - 07910 6200.92%
080 - 08410 5410.91%
085 - 0893 6490.32%
090 - 0941 9780.17%
095 - 0998570.07%
100 plus3380.03%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Capricorn in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 301 12588.31%
Democratic Alliance 14 2084.17%
United Democratic Movement 6 2381.83%
African Christian Democratic Party 4 5711.34%
Pan African Congress 3 1430.92%
Azanian People's Organisation 2 9210.86%
Freedom Front Plus 2 2960.67%
New National Party 2 2490.66%
Independent Democrats 7640.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party 5870.17%
United Christian Democratic Party 4970.15%
NA 4910.14%
EMSA 3280.10%
SOPA 3000.09%
PJC 2770.08%
TOP 2280.07%
UF 2150.06%
CDP 2130.06%
KISS 1250.04%
NLP 1210.04%
Minority Front 1070.03%
Total341 004100.00%

See also

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. News posted on Eyewitness News, 22 November 2016
  3. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.