Bophirima District Municipality

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A map of South Africa showing Bophirima (within North West province)
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 Tswana (2001 Census). The district code is DC39.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Bophirima is surrounded (clockwise) by:

[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 %
Tswana 381 795 86.84%
Afrikaans 30 901 7.03%
Xhosa 8 579 1.95%
Sotho 8 541 1.94%
Other 3 179 0.72%
English 2 312 0.53%
Northern Sotho 1 351 0.31%
Zulu 1 236 0.28%
Ndebele 744 0.17%
Swati 652 0.15%
Tsonga 244 0.06%
Venda 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%


[edit] References


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