John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality
John Taolo Gaetsewe (formerly Kgalagadi) is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the authority is Kuruman. The majority of its 176,899 people speak Setswana (2001 Census). The district code is DC45.
Geography
Neighbours
John Taolo Gaetsewe is surrounded by:
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language |
Population |
% |
Setswana | 151 654 | 85.73% |
Afrikaans | 20 401 | 11.53% |
IsiXhosa | 1 575 | 0.89% |
Sesotho | 737 | 0.42% |
English | 735 | 0.42% |
Other | 447 | 0.25% |
Sepedi | 429 | 0.24% |
IsiZulu | 353 | 0.20% |
SiSwati | 183 | 0.10% |
IsiNdebele | 167 | 0.09% |
Xitsonga | 151 | 0.09% |
Tshivenda | 63 | 0.04% |
Gender
Gender |
Population |
% |
Female | 92 689 | 52.40% |
Male | 84 210 | 47.60% |
Ethnic group
Ethnic group |
Population |
% |
Black African | 157 091 | 88.80% |
Coloured | 10 358 | 5.86% |
White | 9 352 | 5.29% |
Indian/Asian | 98 | 0.06% |
Age
Age |
Population |
% |
000 - 004 | 20 967 | 11.85% |
005 - 009 | 22 647 | 12.80% |
010 - 014 | 23 651 | 13.37% |
015 - 019 | 20 824 | 11.77% |
020 - 024 | 15 475 | 8.75% |
025 - 029 | 12 234 | 6.92% |
030 - 034 | 10 885 | 6.15% |
035 - 039 | 10 267 | 5.80% |
040 - 044 | 9 643 | 5.45% |
045 - 049 | 7 655 | 4.33% |
050 - 054 | 5 883 | 3.33% |
055 - 059 | 4 649 | 2.63% |
060 - 064 | 3 726 | 2.11% |
065 - 069 | 3 133 | 1.77% |
070 - 074 | 2 235 | 1.26% |
075 - 079 | 1 431 | 0.81% |
080 - 084 | 964 | 0.54% |
085 - 089 | 379 | 0.21% |
090 - 094 | 165 | 0.09% |
095 - 099 | 63 | 0.04% |
100 plus | 23 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for the district (under its former name, Kgalagadi) in the South African general election, 2004.
- Population 18 and over: 96 783 [54.71% of total population]
- Total votes: 65 198 [36.86% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 67.37% votes as a % of population 18 and over
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, language and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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