Karoo District Municipality

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A map of South Africa showing Karoo (within Northern Cape province)
A map of South Africa showing Karoo (within Northern Cape province)

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.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Karoo is surrounded by (clockwise):

[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


edit Northern Cape Province of South Africa Northern Cape Coat of Arms
Capital Kimberley
Regions Kalahari Desert | Namaqualand
Cities Kimberley
Largest towns Kuruman | Upington | De Aar | Orania | Garies | Griquatown
Municipalities District: Namakwa | Karoo | Siyanda | Frances Baard | Kgalagadi
Local: Benede Oranje | Bo Karoo | Diamondfields | Dikgatlong | Emthanjeni | Gamagara | Ga-Segonyana | Hantam | Kai-Garib | Kalahari | Kamiesberg | Kareeberg | Karoo Hoogland | Kgatelopele | Kheis | Khara Hais | KhGi-Ma | Magareng | Mier | Nama Khoi | Phokwane | Renosterberg | Richtersveld | Siyancuma | Siyathemba | Sol Plaatje | Thembelihle | Tesantsabane | Ubuntu | Umsombomvu
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