Frances Baard District Municipality

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Frances Baard
Diamantveld
District municipality
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Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°30′S24°30′E / 28.500°S 24.500°E / -28.500; 24.500
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
Seat Kimberley
Local municipalities
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Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorAchmat Florance
Area
 • Total12,836 km2 (4,956 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total382,086
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 65.5%
 •  Coloured 24.0%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.9%
 •  White 6.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Tswana 43.3%
 •  Afrikaans 38.6%
 •  English 6.2%
 •  Xhosa 4.9%
 • Other7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC9

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Afrikaans : Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana. [4] The district code is DC9.

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Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins. [5]

Geography

Neighbours

Frances Baard is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
Sol Plaatje 201 46162.02%
Phokwane 61 31418.88%
Dikgatlong 35 76011.01%
Magareng 21 7316.69%
Diamondfields 4 5231.39%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Setswana 142 17143.77%
Afrikaans 137 93642.47%
IsiXhosa 17 0055.24%
English 16 0884.95%
Sesotho 6 7772.09%
IsiZulu 2 1090.65%
Other 8370.26%
Sepedi 6060.19%
SiSwati 4720.15%
IsiNdebele 3530.11%
Xitsonga 2660.08%
Tshivenda 1690.05%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female168 49551.87%
Male156 31948.13%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African196 59160.52%
Coloured88 05427.11%
White38 37311.81%
Indian/Asian1 7960.55%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 00430 8689.50%
005 - 00932 3389.96%
010 - 01434 14110.51%
015 - 01934 96910.77%
020 - 02428 9788.92%
025 - 02926 9968.31%
030 - 03424 7237.61%
035 - 03923 0037.08%
040 - 04420 8076.41%
045 - 04917 3475.34%
050 - 05413 7884.24%
055 - 05910 7793.32%
060 - 0648 7012.68%
065 - 0696 5562.02%
070 - 0744 5981.42%
075 - 0793 0270.93%
080 - 0841 9020.59%
085 - 0898470.26%
090 - 0942950.09%
095 - 0991060.03%
100 plus450.01%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 98 21975.58%
Democratic Alliance 14 16410.90%
Independent Democrats 5 0863.91%
New National Party 4 0983.15%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 2111.70%
Azanian People's Organisation 1 4981.15%
Freedom Front Plus 1 2590.97%
United Christian Democratic Party 1 0770.83%
Pan African Congress 8420.65%
Inkhata Freedom Party 3940.30%
United Democratic Movement 3470.27%
NA 1090.08%
EMSA 1000.08%
PJC 890.07%
SOPA 890.07%
CDP 800.06%
NLP 760.06%
UF 670.05%
KISS 570.04%
TOP 570.04%
Minority Front 350.03%
Total129 954100.00%

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Municipal Profiles Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Du Toit, A. 2009. "Baard only honoured after death" Noordkaap newspaper 19 Aug 2009:2
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