Namakwa District Municipality

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Namakwa
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 30°30′S19°30′E / 30.500°S 19.500°E / -30.500; 19.500
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
Seat Springbok
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorMervin Cloete
Area
 • Total126,836 km2 (48,972 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total115,842
 • Density0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 6.8%
 •  Coloured 83.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.5%
 •  White 8.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Afrikaans 93.9%
 •  Tswana 1.7%
 •  Xhosa 1.5%
 •  English 1.2%
 • Other1.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC6

The Namakwa District Municipality (Afrikaans : Namakwa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. As of 2011, a majority of its 108,118 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC6.

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Geography

Neighbours

A sign along the border of Namakwa with the Western Cape, welcoming drivers coming up R354 Namakwa Welcome Sign.jpg
A sign along the border of Namakwa with the Western Cape, welcoming drivers coming up R354

Namakwa is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%
Nama Khoi 44 75241.39%
Hantam 19 80418.32%
Khâi-Ma 11 34810.50%
Kamiesberg 10 7439.94%
Karoo Hoogland 10 5089.72%
Richtersveld 10 1199.36%
Namaqualand 8130.75%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Afrikaans 103,30495.55%
Xhosa 1 5951.48%
Tswana 1 2111.12%
English1 1431.06%
Other 4150.38%
Sotho 2190.20%
Zulu 1160.11%
Tsonga 260.02%
Northern Sotho 180.02%
Venda 160.01%
Swati 150.01%
Ndebele 90.01%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female54 65150.55%
Male53 46749.45%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Coloured90 71383.90%
White12 75711.80%
Black African4 5234.18%
Indian/Asian1250.12%

Age

AgePopulation%
000–0049 9909.24%
005–00910 6909.89%
010–01411 02810.20%
015–0199 8099.07%
020–0248 2127.60%
025–0298 3677.74%
030–0348 6478.00%
035–0398 0867.48%
040–0446 9966.47%
045–0496 3875.91%
050–0544 9714.60%
055–0594 2323.91%
060–0643 4373.18%
065–0692 6712.47%
070–0741 9291.78%
075–0791 2161.12%
080–0847860.73%
085–0894530.42%
090–0941650.15%
095–099430.04%
100 plus30.00%

Politics

Election results

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

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 26 55760.06%
Democratic Alliance 7 10416.07%
New National Party 4 3799.90%
Independent Democrats 4 2169.53%
African Christian Democratic Party 8671.96%
Freedom Front Plus 5361.21%
Pan Africanist Congress 750.17%
United Democratic Movement 630.14%
United Christian Democratic Party 540.12%
Inkhata Freedom Party 490.11%
NA 420.09%
EMSA 390.09%
PJC 380.09%
KISS 370.08%
Azanian People's Organisation 340.08%
CDP 280.06%
SOPA 270.06%
TOP 230.05%
NLP 200.05%
UF 180.04%
Minority Front 140.03%
Total44 220100.00%

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