Siyanda District Municipality

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Siyanda is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Siyanda is Upington. The majority of its 209 883 people speak Afrikaans (2001 Census). The district code is DC8.

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

Siyanda is surrounded by:

• the republic of Botswana in the north
• Kgalagadi (CBDC1) in the north-east
• Frances Baard (DC9) in the east
• Karoo (DC7) in the south-east
• Namakwa (DC6) in the south-west
• the republic of Namibia in the west

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Khara Hais	73 786	35.16%
Kai !Garib	57 689	27.49%
Tsantsabane	31 010	14.77%
!Kheis	16 029	7.64%
Kgatelopele (NC086)	15 448	7.36%
Benede Oranje	9 083	4.33%
Mier	6 850	3.26%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Afrikaans	171 371	81.65%
Setswana	28 595	13.62%
IsiXhosa	5 393	2.57%
English	1 632	0.78%
Sesotho	1 376	0.66%
Other	822	0.39%
IsiZulu	266	0.13%
Sepedi	101	0.05%
IsiNdebele	99	0.05%
Tshivenda	97	0.05%
SiSwati	76	0.04%
Xitsonga	67	0.03%

[edit] Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	107 480	51.21%
Male	102 403	48.79%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Coloured	133 711	63.71%
Black African	51 353	24.47%
White	24 633	11.74%
Indian/Asian	186	0.09%

[edit] Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	22 038	10.50%
005 - 009	21 689	10.33%
010 - 014	21 341	10.17%
015 - 019	21 753	10.36%
020 - 024	19 101	9.10%
025 - 029	18 165	8.65%
030 - 034	16 403	7.82%
035 - 039	14 837	7.07%
040 - 044	13 001	6.19%
045 - 049	10 592	5.05%
050 - 054	8 409	4.01%
055 - 059	6 343	3.02%
060 - 064	5 504	2.62%
065 - 069	4 226	2.01%
070 - 074	2 720	1.30%
075 - 079	1 831	0.87%
080 - 084	1 164	0.55%
085 - 089	512	0.24%
090 - 094	209	0.10%
095 - 099	33	0.02%
100 plus	12	0.01%

[edit] Politics

[edit] Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 131 760 [62.78% of total population]
• Total votes: 75 264 [35.86% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 57.12% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	50 826	67.53%
Independent Democrats	7 747	10.29%
Democratic Alliance	6 776	9.00%
New National Party	5 401	7.18%
African Christian Democratic Party	1 299	1.73%
Freedom Front Plus	1 269	1.69%
United Democratic Movement	690	0.92%
Azanian People's Organisation	372	0.49%
Pan African Congress	183	0.24%
United Christian Democratic Party	160	0.21%
Inkhata Freedom Party	110	0.15%
EMSA	66	0.09%
NA	65	0.09%
PJC	59	0.08%
KISS	48	0.06%
SOPA	45	0.06%
UF	36	0.05%
CDP	32	0.04%
NLP	32	0.04%
TOP	28	0.04%
Minority Front	20	0.03%
Total	75 264	100.00%

[edit] References

• Siyanda District Municipality Official Website
• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results

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