Mopani District Municipality

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Mopani
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 23°19′S30°43′E / 23.317°S 30.717°E / -23.317; 30.717
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
Seat Giyani
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Pule Shayi [2]
Area
 • Total20,011 km2 (7,726 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [3]
 • Total1,092,507
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
[3]
 •  Black African 97.5%
 •  Coloured 0.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 2%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Northern Sotho 45.9%
 •  Tsonga 44.3%
 •  Sotho 2.9%
 •  Afrikaans 2.1%
 • Other4.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC33

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.

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Geography

Neighbours

Mopani is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

NameCodeSeatArea
(km2) [5] 		Population
(2016) [4] 		Dominant language
Ba-Phalaborwa LIM334 Phalaborwa 7,489168,937 Tsonga
Greater Giyani LIM331 Giyani 4,172256,127Tsonga
Greater Letaba LIM332 Modjadjiskloof 1,891218,030 Pedi
Greater Tzaneen LIM333 Tzaneen 2,897416,146Pedi, Tsonga
Maruleng LIM335 Hoedspruit 3,56399,946Pedi

Demographics

The following statistics are from the Community Survey 2016. [6]

LanguagePopulation%
Northern Sotho 537,24046.35%
Tsonga 518,46244.73%
Sotho 30,6462.64%
Afrikaans 19,3701.67%
English 8,3490.72%
Venda 4,3970.38%
Zulu 2,0290.18%
Swati 1,7590.15%
Xhosa 1,5880.14%
Tswana 8810.08%
Khoi, Nama and San 7290.06%
Ndebele 2470.02%
Sign 1600.01%
Other 7,9840.69%
Not applicable25,2362.18%
Not specified1080.01%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female619,61253.45%
Male539,57446.55%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African1,130,51297.53%
White23,6282.04%
Indian/Asian2,9180.25%
Coloured2.1280.18%

Age

AgePopulation%
0–4136,33111.76%
5–9123,45310.65%
10–14105,8879.13%
15–19136,80811.80%
20–24120,11810.36%
25–29108,8079.39%
30–3488,7787.66%
35–3968,9275.95%
40–4459,3695.12%
45–4951,7854.47%
50–5442,4713.66%
55–5934,7683.00%
60–6428,8752.49%
65–6918,8321.62%
70–7414,4441.25%
75–799,1470.79%
80–844,6760.40%
85–5,7110.49%

Politics

Election results

The following results are for the direct proportional representation election of members of the Mopani District Council on 3 August 2016. [7]

PartyVotes%
ANC 212,08574.74%
EFF 35,59012.54%
DA 19,9657.04%
APC 4,0361.42%
COPE 3,2121.13%
Civic Warriors of Maruleng 2,9071.02%
ACDP 1,3390.47%
Ximoko Party 1,2890.45%
National Independent Party1,2560.44%
VF+ 8680.31%
UDM 7210.25%
PAC 5090.18%
Total283,777
Valid votes283,77798.52%
Spoilt votes 4,2541.48%
Total votes cast288,031

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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. ↑ "ANC replaces axed Limpopo mayors | eNCA".
  3. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 Community Survey 2016: Provincial profile: Limpopo (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2018. p. 12. ISBN   9780621449877.
  5. ↑ "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
  6. ↑ "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016.
  7. ↑ Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC33 - Mopani (PDF) (Report). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 2016.


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