Bophirima District Municipality

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A map of South Africa showing Bophirima (within North West province)

Bophirima is one of the 4 districts of North West province of South Africa. The seat of Bophirima is Vryberg. The majority of its 439 637 people speak Setswana (2001 Census). The district code is DC39.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Neighbours
- 1.2 Local municipalities
2 Demographics
3 Politics
- 3.1 Election results
4 References

[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Bophirima is surrounded (clockwise) by:

the republic of Botswana to the north
Central (DC38) to the north-east
Southern (DC40) to the south-east
Lejweleputswa (DC18) to the south-east
Frances Baard (DC9) to the south
Kgalagadi (CBDC1) to the west

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following 6 local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Greater Taung	182 167	41.44%
Kagisano	96 386	21.92%
Naledi	58 106	13.22%
Mamusa	48 366	11.00%
Lekwa-Teemane	42 967	9.77%
Molopo	11 685	2.66%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Setswana	381 795	86.84%
Afrikaans	30 901	7.03%
IsiXhosa	8 579	1.95%
Sesotho	8 541	1.94%
Other	3 179	0.72%
English	2 312	0.53%
Sepedi	1 351	0.31%
IsiZulu	1 236	0.28%
IsiNdebele	744	0.17%
SiSwati	652	0.15%
Xitsonga	244	0.06%
Tshivenda	143	0.03%

[edit] Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	229 254	52.15%
Male	210 383	47.85%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	405 675	92.27%
White	17 804	4.05%
Coloured	15 203	3.46%
Indian/Asian	955	0.22%

[edit] Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	50 051	11.38%
005 - 009	55 303	12.58%
010 - 014	56 825	12.93%
015 - 019	52 129	11.86%
020 - 024	38 481	8.75%
025 - 029	31 184	7.09%
030 - 034	26 780	6.09%
035 - 039	25 234	5.74%
040 - 044	22 162	5.04%
045 - 049	18 354	4.17%
050 - 054	14 801	3.37%
055 - 059	12 882	2.93%
060 - 064	10 892	2.48%
065 - 069	8 520	1.94%
070 - 074	6 443	1.47%
075 - 079	4 755	1.08%
080 - 084	2 993	0.68%
085 - 089	1 124	0.26%
090 - 094	469	0.11%
095 - 099	190	0.04%
100 plus	65	0.01%

[edit] Politics

[edit] Election results

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

Population 18 and over: 245 386 [55.82% of total population]
Total votes: 153 517 [34.92% of total population]
Voting % estimate: 62.56% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	124 832	81.31%
United Christian Democratic Party	14 626	9.53%
Democratic Alliance	4 866	3.17%
African Christian Democratic Party	1 708	1.11%
Pan African Congress	1 531	1.00%
Freedom Front Plus	1 473	0.96%
Independent Democrats	938	0.61%
United Democratic Movement	777	0.51%
New National Party	673	0.44%
Azanian People's Organisation	586	0.38%
EMSA	254	0.17%
Inkhata Freedom Party	247	0.16%
SOPA	217	0.14%
PJC	141	0.09%
NA	135	0.09%
CDP	130	0.08%
UF	130	0.08%
TOP	111	0.07%
NLP	56	0.04%
KISS	48	0.03%
Minority Front	38	0.02%
Total	153 517	100.00%