Frances Baard District Municipality

Frances Baard
Diamandveld
District municipality

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Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°30′S 24°30′E / 28.500°S 24.500°E / -28.500; 24.500Coordinates: 28°30′S 24°30′E / 28.500°S 24.500°E / -28.500; 24.500
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
Seat Kimberley
Local municipalities
List
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Achmat Florance
Area
 • Total 12,836 km2 (4,956 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 382,086
 • Density 30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 65.5%
 • Coloured 24.0%
 • Indian/Asian 0.9%
 • White 6.7%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Tswana 43.3%
 • Afrikaans 38.6%
 • English 6.2%
 • Xhosa 4.9%
 • Other 7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code DC9

Frances Baard is one of the 5 districts of Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Frances Baard is Kimberley. The majority of its 324 814 [4] people speak Setswana (2001 Census). The district code is DC9.

Previously known as Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009 a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.[5]

Geography

Neighbours

Frances Baard is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
Sol Plaatje201 46162.02%
Phokwane61 31418.88%
Dikgatlong35 76011.01%
Magareng21 7316.69%
Diamondfields4 5231.39%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Setswana142 17143.77%
Afrikaans137 93642.47%
IsiXhosa17 0055.24%
English16 0884.95%
Sesotho6 7772.09%
IsiZulu2 1090.65%
Other8370.26%
Sepedi6060.19%
SiSwati4720.15%
IsiNdebele3530.11%
Xitsonga2660.08%
Tshivenda1690.05%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female168 49551.87%
Male156 31948.13%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African196 59160.52%
Coloured88 05427.11%
White38 37311.81%
Indian/Asian1 7960.55%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 00430 8689.50%
005 - 00932 3389.96%
010 - 01434 14110.51%
015 - 01934 96910.77%
020 - 02428 9788.92%
025 - 02926 9968.31%
030 - 03424 7237.61%
035 - 03923 0037.08%
040 - 04420 8076.41%
045 - 04917 3475.34%
050 - 05413 7884.24%
055 - 05910 7793.32%
060 - 0648 7012.68%
065 - 0696 5562.02%
070 - 0744 5981.42%
075 - 0793 0270.93%
080 - 0841 9020.59%
085 - 0898470.26%
090 - 0942950.09%
095 - 0991060.03%
100 plus450.01%

Politics

Election results

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

  • Population 18 and over: 206 209 [63.49% of total population]
  • Total votes: 129 954 [40.01% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress98 21975.58%
Democratic Alliance14 16410.90%
Independent Democrats5 0863.91%
New National Party4 0983.15%
African Christian Democratic Party2 2111.70%
Azanian People's Organisation1 4981.15%
Freedom Front Plus1 2590.97%
United Christian Democratic Party1 0770.83%
Pan African Congress8420.65%
Inkhata Freedom Party3940.30%
United Democratic Movement3470.27%
NA1090.08%
EMSA1000.08%
PJC890.07%
SOPA890.07%
CDP800.06%
NLP760.06%
UF670.05%
KISS570.04%
TOP570.04%
Minority Front350.03%
Total129 954100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Municipal Profiles Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Du Toit, A. 2009. "Baard only honoured after death" Noordkaap newspaper 19 Aug 2009:2
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