Siyanda District Municipality

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

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.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Siyanda is surrounded by:

[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


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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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