Xhariep District Municipality

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Xhariep
District municipality

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Location of Xhariep District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 30°01′S 25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°E / -30.017; 25.767Coordinates: 30°01′S 25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°E / -30.017; 25.767
Country South Africa
Province Free State
Seat Trompsburg
Local municipalities
List
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Mongi Ntwanambi
Area
 • Total 37,674 km2 (14,546 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 146,259
 • Density 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 78.5%
 • Coloured 13.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.4%
 • White 7.6%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Sotho 45.3%
 • Afrikaans 31.6%
 • Xhosa 15.8%
 • Tswana 3.5%
 • Other 3.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC16

Xhariep is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Xhariep is Trompsburg. The largest language group in the 135 253 people is Afrikaans (2001 Census). The district code is DC16.

Geography

Neighbours

Xhariep is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Kopanong 55 947 41.36%Sotho, Afrikaans
Letsemeng 42 986 31.78%Afrikaans
Mohokare 36 330 26.86%Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Afrikaans 50 162 37.09%
Sotho 50 152 37.08%
Xhosa 26 851 19.85%
tswana 6 245 4.62%
English 865 0.64%
Zulu 340 0.25%
Swati 162 0.12%
Tsonga 153 0.11%
Northern Sotho 140 0.10%
Other 93 0.07%
Ndebele 67 0.05%
Venda 33 0.02%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 68 735 50.82%
Male 66 518 49.18%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 100 945 74.63%
Coloured 21 895 16.19%
White 12 355 9.13%
Indian/Asian 58 0.04%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 13 216 9.77%
005 - 009 14 640 10.82%
010 - 014 15 613 11.54%
015 - 019 14 962 11.06%
020 - 024 11 708 8.66%
025 - 029 10 584 7.83%
030 - 034 10 002 7.40%
035 - 039 8 952 6.62%
040 - 044 7 742 5.72%
045 - 049 6 487 4.80%
050 - 054 5 534 4.09%
055 - 059 4 175 3.09%
060 - 064 3 784 2.80%
065 - 069 3 007 2.22%
070 - 074 1 898 1.40%
075 - 079 1 290 0.95%
080 - 084 970 0.72%
085 - 089 444 0.33%
090 - 094 157 0.12%
095 - 099 62 0.05%
100 plus 26 0.02%

Politics

Election results

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

  • Population 18 and over: 82 604 [61.07% of total population]
  • Total votes: 43 082 [31.85% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 52.15% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress 34 697 80.54%
Democratic Alliance 4 368 10.14%
Freedom Front Plus 1 021 2.37%
African Christian Democratic Party 749 1.74%
Pan African Congress 718 1.67%
New National Party 439 1.02%
Independent Democrats 321 0.75%
United Democratic Movement 183 0.42%
Inkhata Freedom Party 94 0.22%
United Christian Democratic Party 81 0.19%
Azanian People's Organisation 80 0.19%
UF 78 0.18%
NA 66 0.15%
SOPA 50 0.12%
EMSA 31 0.07%
CDP 28 0.06%
TOP 27 0.06%
PJC 27 0.06%
NLP 11 0.03%
Minority Front 7 0.02%
KISS 6 0.01%
Total 43 082 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, age in 5 year groups and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, language and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012. 

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Municipalities of the Free State
Metropolitan
District
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Municipalities and communities of Xhariep District Municipality, Free State
District seat: Trompsburg
Kopanong
Letsemeng
Mohokare
Naledi
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