Frances Baard
Diamantveld
District municipality
Official seal of Frances Baard
Seal
Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°30′S 24°30′E / 28.500°S 24.500°E / -28.500; 24.500
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
SeatKimberley
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAchmat Florance
Area
 • Total12,836 km2 (4,956 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total382,086
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African65.5%
 • Coloured24.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
 • White6.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Tswana43.3%
 • Afrikaans38.6%
 • English6.2%
 • Xhosa4.9%
 • Other7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC9

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Afrikaans: Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana.[4] The district code is DC9.

Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.[5]

Geography

Neighbours

Frances Baard is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population %
Sol Plaatje 201 461 62.02%
Phokwane 61 314 18.88%
Dikgatlong 35 760 11.01%
Magareng 21 731 6.69%
Diamondfields 4 523 1.39%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language Population %
Setswana 142 171 43.77%
Afrikaans 137 936 42.47%
IsiXhosa 17 005 5.24%
English 16 088 4.95%
Sesotho 6 777 2.09%
IsiZulu 2 109 0.65%
Other 837 0.26%
Sepedi 606 0.19%
SiSwati 472 0.15%
IsiNdebele 353 0.11%
Xitsonga 266 0.08%
Tshivenda 169 0.05%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 168 495 51.87%
Male 156 319 48.13%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 196 591 60.52%
Coloured 88 054 27.11%
White 38 373 11.81%
Indian/Asian 1 796 0.55%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 30 868 9.50%
005 - 009 32 338 9.96%
010 - 014 34 141 10.51%
015 - 019 34 969 10.77%
020 - 024 28 978 8.92%
025 - 029 26 996 8.31%
030 - 034 24 723 7.61%
035 - 039 23 003 7.08%
040 - 044 20 807 6.41%
045 - 049 17 347 5.34%
050 - 054 13 788 4.24%
055 - 059 10 779 3.32%
060 - 064 8 701 2.68%
065 - 069 6 556 2.02%
070 - 074 4 598 1.42%
075 - 079 3 027 0.93%
080 - 084 1 902 0.59%
085 - 089 847 0.26%
090 - 094 295 0.09%
095 - 099 106 0.03%
100 plus 45 0.01%

Politics

Election results

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

Party Votes %
African National Congress 98 219 75.58%
Democratic Alliance 14 164 10.90%
Independent Democrats 5 086 3.91%
New National Party 4 098 3.15%
African Christian Democratic Party 2 211 1.70%
Azanian People's Organisation 1 498 1.15%
Freedom Front Plus 1 259 0.97%
United Christian Democratic Party 1 077 0.83%
Pan African Congress 842 0.65%
Inkhata Freedom Party 394 0.30%
United Democratic Movement 347 0.27%
NA 109 0.08%
EMSA 100 0.08%
PJC 89 0.07%
SOPA 89 0.07%
CDP 80 0.06%
NLP 76 0.06%
UF 67 0.05%
KISS 57 0.04%
TOP 57 0.04%
Minority Front 35 0.03%
Total 129 954 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ Municipal Profiles Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Du Toit, A. 2009. "Baard only honoured after death" Noordkaap newspaper 19 Aug 2009:2

External links

Municipalities of the Northern Cape
Municipalities and communities of Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape
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