List of municipalities in Limpopo

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Limpopo province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into five district municipalities which are in turn divided into twenty-two local municipalities.

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In the following map, the district municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.

Map of Limpopo with municipalities named and districts shaded (2016).svg

District municipalities

 NameCodeSeatArea
(km2) [1] 		Population
(2016) [2] 		Pop. density
(per km2)
Capricorn District Municipality DC35 Polokwane 21,7051,330,43661.3
Mopani District Municipality DC33 Giyani 20,0111,159,18557.9
Sekhukhune District Municipality DC47 Groblersdal 13,5281,169,76286.5
Vhembe District Municipality DC34 Thohoyandou 25,5961,393,94954.5
Waterberg District Municipality DC36 Modimolle 44,913745,75816.6

Local municipalities

 NameCodeDistrictSeatArea
(km2) [1] 		Population
(2016) [2] 		Pop. density
(per km2)
Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality LIM334Mopani Phalaborwa 7,489168,93722.6
Bela-Bela Local Municipality LIM366Waterberg Bela-Bela 3,40676,29622.4
Blouberg Local Municipality LIM351Capricorn Senwabarwana 9,540172,60118.1
Collins Chabane Local Municipality LIM345Vhembe Malamulele 5,003347,97469.6
Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality LIM472Sekhukhune Groblersdal 3,713268,25672.2
Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality LIM471Sekhukhune Marble Hall 2,011127,16863.2
Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality LIM476Sekhukhune Apel 5,693489,90286.0
Greater Giyani Local Municipality LIM331Mopani Giyani 4,172256,12761.4
Greater Letaba Local Municipality LIM332Mopani Modjadjiskloof 1,891218,030115.3
Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality LIM333Mopani Tzaneen 2,897416,146143.7
Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality LIM355Capricorn Chuniespoort 3,484235,38067.6
Lephalale Local Municipality LIM362Waterberg Lephalale 13,794140,24010.2
Makhado Local Municipality LIM344Vhembe Louis Trichardt 7,605416,72854.8
Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality LIM473Sekhukhune Jane Furse 2,110284,435134.8
Maruleng Local Municipality LIM335Mopani Hoedspruit 3,56399,94628.1
Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality LIM368Waterberg Modimolle 10,367107,69910.4
Mogalakwena Local Municipality LIM367Waterberg Mokopane 6,156325,29152.8
Molemole Local Municipality LIM353Capricorn Dendron 3,628125,32734.5
Musina Local Municipality LIM341Vhembe Musina 10,347132,00912.8
Polokwane Local Municipality LIM354Capricorn Polokwane 5,054797,127157.7
Thabazimbi Local Municipality LIM361Waterberg Thabazimbi 11,19096,2328.6
Thulamela Local Municipality LIM343Vhembe Thohoyandou 2,642497,237188.2

Former municipalities

These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.

NameCodeDissolvedFate
Bohlabela District Municipality CBDC41 March 2006Annexed by Ehlanzeni and Mopani District Municipalities
Mutale Local Municipality LIM3423 August 2016Annexed by Musina and Thulamela Local Municipalities
Aganang Local Municipality LIM3523 August 2016Annexed by Blouberg, Molemole and Polokwane Local Municipalities
Mookgopong Local Municipality LIM3643 August 2016Merged to create Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality
Modimolle Local Municipality LIM3653 August 2016
Fetakgomo Local Municipality LIM4743 August 2016Merged to create Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality
Greater Tubatse Local Municipality LIM4753 August 2016

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References

  1. 1 2 "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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