Karoo District Municipality

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Karoo is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Karoo is De Aar. The majority of its 164 608 people speak Afrikaans (2001 Census). The district code is DC7.

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 See also 5 References

[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Karoo is surrounded by (clockwise):

• Frances Baard (DC9) in the north-east
• Xhariep (DC16) in the east
• Ukhahlamba (DC14) in the south-east
• Chris Hani (DC13) in the south-east
• Cacadu (DC10) in the south
• Central Karoo (DC5) in the south
• Namakwa (DC6) in the south-west
• Siyanda (DC8) in the north-west

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Siyancuma	35 816	21.76%
Emthanjeni	35 548	21.60%
Umsombomvu	23 649	14.37%
Siyathemba	17 499	10.63%
Ubuntu	16 373	9.95%
Thembelihle	13 979	8.49%
Kareeberg	9 487	5.76%
Renosterberg	9 072	5.51%
Bo Karoo	3 176	1.93%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Afrikaans	127 788	77.63%
IsiXhosa	28 090	17.06%
Other	3 365	2.04%
Setswana	2 817	1.71%
English	1 406	0.85%
Sesotho	766	0.47%
IsiZulu	145	0.09%
IsiNdebele	89	0.05%
Sepedi	42	0.03%
Tshivenda	32	0.02%
SiSwati	32	0.02%
Xitsonga	27	0.02%

[edit] Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	84 817	51.53%
Male	79 791	48.47%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Coloured	102 719	62.40%
Black African	44 323	26.93%
White	17 400	10.57%
Indian/Asian	166	0.10%

[edit] Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	17 114	10.40%
005 - 009	17 869	10.86%
010 - 014	18 744	11.39%
015 - 019	17 638	10.72%
020 - 024	12 796	7.77%
025 - 029	11 970	7.27%
030 - 034	11 858	7.20%
035 - 039	10 997	6.68%
040 - 044	9 664	5.87%
045 - 049	8 761	5.32%
050 - 054	7 090	4.31%
055 - 059	5 581	3.39%
060 - 064	4 720	2.87%
065 - 069	3 733	2.27%
070 - 074	2 488	1.51%
075 - 079	1 692	1.03%
080 - 084	1 123	0.68%
085 - 089	489	0.30%
090 - 094	217	0.13%
095 - 099	51	0.03%
100 plus	13	0.01%

[edit] Politics

[edit] Election results

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

• Population 18 and over: 99 868 [60.67% of total population]
• Total votes: 66 585 [40.45% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 66.67% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	43 618	65.51%
New National Party	8 730	13.11%
Democratic Alliance	7 067	10.61%
Independent Democrats	3 298	4.95%
Freedom Front Plus	1 225	1.84%
African Christian Democratic Party	1 154	1.73%
Pan African Congress	305	0.46%
United Democratic Movement	240	0.36%
Inkhata Freedom Party	136	0.20%
NA	110	0.17%
PJC	105	0.16%
United Christian Democratic Party	104	0.16%
Azanian People's Organisation	97	0.15%
EMSA	71	0.11%
TOP	63	0.09%
NLP	60	0.09%
KISS	50	0.08%
SOPA	50	0.08%
CDP	43	0.06%
UF	43	0.06%
Minority Front	16	0.02%
Total	66 585	100.00%

[edit] See also

Karoo a general geographical area in South Africa

[edit] References

• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results

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