Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

Bojanala Platinum
District municipality

Seal

Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province North West
Seat Rustenburg
Local municipalities
Government[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Lj Diremelo
Area
  Total 18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
  Total 1,507,505
  Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
  Black African 91.4%
  Coloured 0.7%
  Indian/Asian 0.6%
  White 7.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
  Tswana 55.3%
  Tsonga 8.1%
  Afrikaans 7.2%
  Xhosa 5.6%
  Other 23.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code DC37

Bojanala Platinum is one of the 4 districts of North West province of South Africa. The seat of Bojanala Platinum is Rustenburg. The majority of its 1 507 505 people speak Setswana (2011 Census). The district code is DC37.

Geography

Neighbours

Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Rustenburg 549 575 36.46%Tswana
Madibeng 447 381 29.68%Tswana
Moses Kotane 242 554 16.09%Tswana
Moretele 186 947 12.40%Tswana
Kgetlengrivier 51 049 3.39%Tswana

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
Setswana 818 050 55.34%
Xitsonga 119 090 8.06%
Afrikaans 106 561 7.21%
IsiXhosa 82 701 5.59%
Sepedi 75 539 5.11%
Sesotho 67 458 4.56%
English 57 187 3.87%
IsiZulu 54 661 3.70%
Other 39 869 2.70%
IsiNdebele 26 481 1.79%
Tshivenda 14 329 0.97%
SiSwati 9 632 0.65%

Gender

Gender Population %
Male 794 529 52.70%
Female 712 977 47.30%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1 093 177 92.23%
White 82 045 6.92%
Coloured 6 360 0.54%
Indian/Asian 3 743 0.32%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 108 805 9.18%
005 - 009 113 058 9.54%
010 - 014 121 707 10.27%
015 - 019 115 306 9.73%
020 - 024 110 477 9.32%
025 - 029 111 264 9.39%
030 - 034 98 631 8.32%
035 - 039 93 814 7.91%
040 - 044 81 984 6.92%
045 - 049 62 264 5.25%
050 - 054 44 466 3.75%
055 - 059 34 288 2.89%
060 - 064 27 783 2.34%
065 - 069 21 309 1.80%
070 - 074 16 438 1.39%
075 - 079 10 575 0.89%
080 - 084 7 800 0.66%
085 - 089 3 115 0.26%
090 - 094 1 424 0.12%
095 - 099 614 0.05%
100 plus 203 0.02%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
African National Congress 372 834 83.62%
Democratic Alliance 25 214 5.66%
United Christian Democratic Party 20 370 4.57%
United Democratic Movement 7 472 1.68%
African Christian Democratic Party 5 085 1.14%
Freedom Front Plus 4 022 0.90%
Pan African Congress 2 964 0.66%
New National Party 1 597 0.36%
Independent Democrats 1 426 0.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1 384 0.31%
Azanian People's Organisation 996 0.22%
NA 477 0.11%
SOPA 424 0.10%
EMSA 346 0.08%
CDP 293 0.07%
UF 268 0.06%
PJC 190 0.04%
TOP 187 0.04%
KISS 122 0.03%
Minority Front 100 0.02%
NLP 85 0.02%
Total 445 856 100.00%

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 25°25′S 27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E / -25.417; 27.250

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