Namakwa District Municipality
Appearance
Namakwa | |
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![]() Location in South Africa | |
Coordinates: 30°30′S 19°30′E / 30.500°S 19.500°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
Seat | Springbok |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Mervin Cloete |
Area | |
• Total | 126,836 km2 (48,972 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 115,842 |
• Density | 0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 6.8% |
• Coloured | 83.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 8.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 93.9% |
• Tswana | 1.7% |
• Xhosa | 1.5% |
• English | 1.2% |
• Other | 1.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC6 |
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.
Geography
[edit]Neighbours
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Namakwa is surrounded by:
- the republic of Namibia in the north
- ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the north-east
- Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the east
- Central Karoo (DC5) in the south-east
- Cape Winelands (DC2) – in the south (formerly the Boland District Municipality)
- West Coast (DC1) in the south-west
- the Atlantic Ocean in the west
Local municipalities
[edit]The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Nama Khoi | 44 752 | 41.39% |
Hantam | 19 804 | 18.32% |
Khâi-Ma | 11 348 | 10.50% |
Kamiesberg | 10 743 | 9.94% |
Karoo Hoogland | 10 508 | 9.72% |
Richtersveld | 10 119 | 9.36% |
Namaqualand | 813 | 0.75% |
Demographics
[edit]The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Afrikaans | 103,304 | 95.55% |
Xhosa | 1 595 | 1.48% |
Tswana | 1 211 | 1.12% |
English | 1 143 | 1.06% |
Other | 415 | 0.38% |
Sotho | 219 | 0.20% |
Zulu | 116 | 0.11% |
Tsonga | 26 | 0.02% |
Northern Sotho | 18 | 0.02% |
Venda | 16 | 0.01% |
Swati | 15 | 0.01% |
Ndebele | 9 | 0.01% |
Gender
[edit]Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Female | 54 651 | 50.55% |
Male | 53 467 | 49.45% |
Ethnic group
[edit]Ethnic group | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Coloured | 90 713 | 83.90% |
White | 12 757 | 11.80% |
Black African | 4 523 | 4.18% |
Indian/Asian | 125 | 0.12% |
Age
[edit]Age | Population | % |
---|---|---|
000–004 | 9 990 | 9.24% |
005–009 | 10 690 | 9.89% |
010–014 | 11 028 | 10.20% |
015–019 | 9 809 | 9.07% |
020–024 | 8 212 | 7.60% |
025–029 | 8 367 | 7.74% |
030–034 | 8 647 | 8.00% |
035–039 | 8 086 | 7.48% |
040–044 | 6 996 | 6.47% |
045–049 | 6 387 | 5.91% |
050–054 | 4 971 | 4.60% |
055–059 | 4 232 | 3.91% |
060–064 | 3 437 | 3.18% |
065–069 | 2 671 | 2.47% |
070–074 | 1 929 | 1.78% |
075–079 | 1 216 | 1.12% |
080–084 | 786 | 0.73% |
085–089 | 453 | 0.42% |
090–094 | 165 | 0.15% |
095–099 | 43 | 0.04% |
100 plus | 3 | 0.00% |
Politics
[edit]Election results
[edit]Election results for Namakwa in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 70 397 [65.11% of total population]
- Total votes: 44 220 [40.90% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 62.82% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
African National Congress | 26 557 | 60.06% |
Democratic Alliance | 7 104 | 16.07% |
New National Party | 4 379 | 9.90% |
Independent Democrats | 4 216 | 9.53% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 867 | 1.96% |
Freedom Front Plus | 536 | 1.21% |
Pan Africanist Congress | 75 | 0.17% |
United Democratic Movement | 63 | 0.14% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 54 | 0.12% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 49 | 0.11% |
NA | 42 | 0.09% |
EMSA | 39 | 0.09% |
PJC | 38 | 0.09% |
KISS | 37 | 0.08% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 34 | 0.08% |
CDP | 28 | 0.06% |
SOPA | 27 | 0.06% |
TOP | 23 | 0.05% |
NLP | 20 | 0.05% |
UF | 18 | 0.04% |
Minority Front | 14 | 0.03% |
Total | 44 220 | 100.00% |
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.