Frances Baard District Municipality
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Frances Baard Diamandveld |
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District municipality | ||
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Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape |
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Country | South Africa | |
Province | Northern Cape | |
Seat | Kimberley | |
Local municipalities | ||
Government[1] | ||
• Type | Municipal council | |
• Mayor | Achmat Florence | |
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 | SAST (UTC+2) | |
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 Afrikaans (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]
Contents
Geography
Neighbours
Frances Baard is surrounded by:
- Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) in the north
- John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45) in the north west
- Lejweleputswa (DC18) in the east
- Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south
- Xhariep (DC16) in the south-west
- ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % |
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Sol Plaatje | 201 461 | 62.02% |
Phokwane | 61 314 | 18.88% |
Dikgatlong | 35 760 | 11.01% |
Magareng | 21 731 | 6.69% |
Diamondfields | 4 523 | 1.39% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language | Population | % |
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Setswana | 142 171 | 43.77% |
Afrikaans | 137 936 | 42.47% |
IsiXhosa | 17 005 | 5.24% |
English | 16 088 | 4.95% |
Sesotho | 6 777 | 2.09% |
IsiZulu | 2 109 | 0.65% |
Other | 837 | 0.26% |
Sepedi | 606 | 0.19% |
SiSwati | 472 | 0.15% |
IsiNdebele | 353 | 0.11% |
Xitsonga | 266 | 0.08% |
Tshivenda | 169 | 0.05% |
Gender
Gender | Population | % |
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Female | 168 495 | 51.87% |
Male | 156 319 | 48.13% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Black African | 196 591 | 60.52% |
Coloured | 88 054 | 27.11% |
White | 38 373 | 11.81% |
Indian/Asian | 1 796 | 0.55% |
Age
Age | Population | % |
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000 - 004 | 30 868 | 9.50% |
005 - 009 | 32 338 | 9.96% |
010 - 014 | 34 141 | 10.51% |
015 - 019 | 34 969 | 10.77% |
020 - 024 | 28 978 | 8.92% |
025 - 029 | 26 996 | 8.31% |
030 - 034 | 24 723 | 7.61% |
035 - 039 | 23 003 | 7.08% |
040 - 044 | 20 807 | 6.41% |
045 - 049 | 17 347 | 5.34% |
050 - 054 | 13 788 | 4.24% |
055 - 059 | 10 779 | 3.32% |
060 - 064 | 8 701 | 2.68% |
065 - 069 | 6 556 | 2.02% |
070 - 074 | 4 598 | 1.42% |
075 - 079 | 3 027 | 0.93% |
080 - 084 | 1 902 | 0.59% |
085 - 089 | 847 | 0.26% |
090 - 094 | 295 | 0.09% |
095 - 099 | 106 | 0.03% |
100 plus | 45 | 0.01% |
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 | % |
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African National Congress | 98 219 | 75.58% |
Democratic Alliance | 14 164 | 10.90% |
Independent Democrats | 5 086 | 3.91% |
New National Party | 4 098 | 3.15% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 2 211 | 1.70% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 1 498 | 1.15% |
Freedom Front Plus | 1 259 | 0.97% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 1 077 | 0.83% |
Pan African Congress | 842 | 0.65% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 394 | 0.30% |
United Democratic Movement | 347 | 0.27% |
NA | 109 | 0.08% |
EMSA | 100 | 0.08% |
PJC | 89 | 0.07% |
SOPA | 89 | 0.07% |
CDP | 80 | 0.06% |
NLP | 76 | 0.06% |
UF | 67 | 0.05% |
KISS | 57 | 0.04% |
TOP | 57 | 0.04% |
Minority Front | 35 | 0.03% |
Total | 129 954 | 100.00% |
References
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- ↑ Municipal Profiles
- ↑ Du Toit, A. 2009. "Baard only honoured after death" Noordkaap newspaper 19 Aug 2009:2