Namakwa District Municipality
District municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Namakwa | |
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Coordinates: 30°30′S 19°30′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 |
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