Pixley ka Seme District Municipality

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Pixley ka Seme
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 30°30′S23°30′E / 30.500°S 23.500°E / -30.500; 23.500
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
Seat De Aar
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorJohn Lolwana
Area
 • Total103,410 km2 (39,930 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total186,351
 • Density1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 31.5%
 •  Coloured 59.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.6%
 •  White 8.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Afrikaans 76.8%
 •  Xhosa 17.5%
 •  English 1.6%
 •  Tswana 1.6%
 • Other2.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC7

The Pixley ka Seme District Municipality (Afrikaans : Pixley ka Seme-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Pixley ka Seme) is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Pixley ka Seme is De Aar. As of 2011, a majority (77%) of its 186,351 residents speak Afrikaans as a first language. The district code is DC7. It is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, one of the founders of the African National Congress.

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Geography

Neighbours

Pixley ka Seme is surrounded by other districts as follows:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Emthanjeni 42,35622.73% Afrikaans
Siyancuma 37,07619.90%Afrikaans
Umsobomvu 28,37615.23% Xhosa
Siyathemba 21,59111.59%Afrikaans
Ubuntu 18,6019.98%Afrikaans
Thembelihle 15,7018.43%Afrikaans
Kareeberg 11,6736.23%Afrikaans
Renosterberg 10,9785.89%Afrikaans

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Afrikaans 140,64176.79%
IsiXhosa 32,01717.48%
English2,9911.63%
Tswana 2,9221.60%
Sesotho 1,4830.81%
Other 9410.51%
Sign language 7450.41%
IsiZulu 4460.24%
IsiNdebele 2980.16%
Sepedi 2860.16%
Tshivenda 1710.09%
Xitsonga 1080.06%
SiSwati 1040.06%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female94,28450.59%
Male92,06849.41%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Coloured110,25759.17%
Black African58,61431.45%
White15,0648.08%
Indian/Asian1,0460.56%
Other1,3710.74%

Age

AgePopulation%
000–00417 11410.40%
005–00917 86910.86%
010–01418 74411.39%
015–01917 63810.72%
020–02412 7967.77%
025–02911 9707.27%
030–03411 8587.20%
035–03910 9976.68%
040–0449 6645.87%
045–0498 7615.32%
050–0547 0904.31%
055–0595 5813.39%
060–0644 7202.87%
065–0693 7332.27%
070–0742 4881.51%
075–0791 6921.03%
080–0841 1230.68%
085–0894890.30%
090–0942170.13%
095–099510.03%
100 plus130.01%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Pixley ka Seme in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 43 61865.51%
New National Party 8 73013.11%
Democratic Alliance 7 06710.61%
Independent Democrats 3 2984.95%
Freedom Front Plus 1 2251.84%
African Christian Democratic Party 1 1541.73%
Pan Africanist Congress 3050.46%
United Democratic Movement 2400.36%
Inkatha Freedom Party 1360.20%
NA 1100.17%
PJC 1050.16%
United Christian Democratic Party 1040.16%
Azanian People's Organisation 970.15%
EMSA 710.11%
TOP 630.09%
NLP 600.09%
KISS 500.08%
SOPA 500.08%
CDP 430.06%
UF 430.06%
Minority Front 160.02%
Total66 585100.00%

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