Capricorn District Municipality

Capricorn
District municipality

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Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
Seat Polokwane
Local municipalities
List
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor John Mpe[2]
Area
 • Total 21,705 km2 (8,380 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 1,261,463
 • Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[3]
 • Black African 96.1%
 • Coloured 0.5%
 • Indian/Asian 0.4%
 • White 2.8%
First languages (2011)[4]
 • Northern Sotho 84.9%
 • Afrikaans 3.0%
 • Tsonga 2.6%
 • English 2.0%
 • Other 7.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code DC35

Capricorn is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The capital of Capricorn is Polokwane. The majority of its 1 154 673 people speak Northern Sotho (2001 census). The district code is DC35.

Geography

Neighbours

Capricorn is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Polokwane508 27244.02%Northern Sotho
Lepelle-Nkumpi227 96519.74%Northern Sotho
Blouberg161 32613.97%Northern Sotho
Aganang (was amalgamated into other municipalities after 2016 local government elections) 147 68612.79%Northern Sotho
Molemole109 4429.48%Northern Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
Northern Sotho1 055 42184.90%
Afrikaans36 9012.97%
Tsonga32 3792.60%
English25 1772.03%
Ndebele24 7331.99%
Other18 4891.49%
Venda17 4771.41%
Zulu11 6710.94%
Sotho8 1700.66%
Tswana6 9900.56%
Xhosa2 1670.17%
Swati1 4180.11%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female671 22053.21%
Male590 24246.79%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African1 211 87496.07%
White African35 4702.81%
Coloured6 2710.50%
Indian/Asian5 2340.41%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004130 81511.33%
005 - 009157 65013.65%
010 - 014165 92014.37%
015 - 019152 74413.23%
020 - 02499 1578.59%
025 - 02975 8336.57%
030 - 03463 4945.50%
035 - 03959 8575.18%
040 - 04449 3484.27%
045 - 04941 5933.60%
050 - 05434 7803.01%
055 - 05926 8192.32%
060 - 06427 2052.36%
065 - 06921 7391.88%
070 - 07419 7361.71%
075 - 07910 6200.92%
080 - 08410 5410.91%
085 - 0893 6490.32%
090 - 0941 9780.17%
095 - 0998570.07%
100 plus3380.03%

Politics

Election results

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

  • Population 18 and over: 601 852 [52.12% of total population]
  • Total votes: 341 004 [29.53% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 56.66% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress301 12588.31%
Democratic Alliance14 2084.17%
United Democratic Movement6 2381.83%
African Christian Democratic Party4 5711.34%
Pan African Congress3 1430.92%
Azanian People's Organisation2 9210.86%
Freedom Front Plus2 2960.67%
New National Party2 2490.66%
Independent Democrats7640.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party5870.17%
United Christian Democratic Party4970.15%
NA4910.14%
EMSA3280.10%
SOPA3000.09%
PJC2770.08%
TOP2280.07%
UF2150.06%
CDP2130.06%
KISS1250.04%
NLP1210.04%
Minority Front1070.03%
Total341 004100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ News posted on Eyewitness News, 22 November 2016
  3. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

Coordinates: 23°53′S 29°26′E / 23.883°S 29.433°E / -23.883; 29.433

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