Frances Baard District Municipality
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Frances Baard District Municipality |
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Municipal code | DC9 |
Area | km² |
Seat | Kimberley |
Neighbours | |
Mayor | |
Population | 324 814 (/km²) |
Habitations | (/km²) |
Racial makeup | |
Home languages | |
Official website | http://www.francesbaard.gov.za/ |
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 people speak Afrikaans (2001 Census). The district code is DC9.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Neighbours
Frances Baard is surrounded by:
- Bophirima (DC39) in the north
- Lejweleputswa (DC18) in the east
- Karoo (DC7) in the south
- Xhariep (DC16) in the south-west
- Siyanda (DC8) in the west
[edit] 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% |
[edit] 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% |
[edit] Gender
Gender | Population | % |
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Female | 168 495 | 51.87% |
Male | 156 319 | 48.13% |
[edit] 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% |
[edit] 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% |
[edit] Politics
[edit] 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% |
[edit] References
- Frances Baard District Municipality District
- Municipal Demarcation Board
- Stats SA Census 2001 page
- Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results
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