Capricorn District Municipality

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Capricorn is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The seat of Capricorn is Polokwane. The majority of its 1 154 673 people speak Northern Sotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC35.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Neighbours 1.2 Local municipalities 2 Demographics 2.1 Gender 2.2 Ethnic group 2.3 Age 3 Politics 3.1 Election results 4 References

[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Capricorn is surrounded by:

• Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east
• Mopani (DC33) east
• Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south
• Waterberg (DC36) to the west

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Polokwane	508 272	44.02%
Lepele-Nkumpi	227 965	19.74%
Blouberg	161 326	13.97%
Aganang	147 686	12.79%
Molemole	109 442	9.48%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Northern Sotho	1 018 216	88.18%
Tsonga	35 983	3.12%
Afrikaans	33 626	2.91%
Ndebele	26 356	2.28%
Venda	10 627	0.92%
English	10 186	0.88%
Sotho	8 623	0.75%
Tswana	3 329	0.29%
Zulu	2 974	0.26%
Swati	2 065	0.18%
Other	1 503	0.13%
Xhosa	1 203	0.10%

[edit] Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	627 882	54.38%
Male	526 791	45.62%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	1 113 072	96.40%
White	33 720	2.92%
Coloured	4 493	0.39%
Indian/Asian	3 388	0.29%

[edit] Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	130 815	11.33%
005 - 009	157 650	13.65%
010 - 014	165 920	14.37%
015 - 019	152 744	13.23%
020 - 024	99 157	8.59%
025 - 029	75 833	6.57%
030 - 034	63 494	5.50%
035 - 039	59 857	5.18%
040 - 044	49 348	4.27%
045 - 049	41 593	3.60%
050 - 054	34 780	3.01%
055 - 059	26 819	2.32%
060 - 064	27 205	2.36%
065 - 069	21 739	1.88%
070 - 074	19 736	1.71%
075 - 079	10 620	0.92%
080 - 084	10 541	0.91%
085 - 089	3 649	0.32%
090 - 094	1 978	0.17%
095 - 099	857	0.07%
100 plus	338	0.03%

[edit] Politics

[edit] 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 Congress	301 125	88.31%
Democratic Alliance	14 208	4.17%
United Democratic Movement	6 238	1.83%
African Christian Democratic Party	4 571	1.34%
Pan African Congress	3 143	0.92%
Azanian People's Organisation	2 921	0.86%
Freedom Front Plus	2 296	0.67%
New National Party	2 249	0.66%
Independent Democrats	764	0.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party	587	0.17%
United Christian Democratic Party	497	0.15%
NA	491	0.14%
EMSA	328	0.10%
SOPA	300	0.09%
PJC	277	0.08%
TOP	228	0.07%
UF	215	0.06%
CDP	213	0.06%
KISS	125	0.04%
NLP	121	0.04%
Minority Front	107	0.03%
Total	341 004	100.00%

[edit] References

• Capricorn DM Official Website
• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results

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