District Management Areas
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District municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government...
that did not fall within any local municipality
Local municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...
, and received municipal services directly from the district. Since the 2011 elections all of mainland South Africa has been covered by local (or metropolitan) municipalities, and there are therefore no DMAs.
The DMAs were primarily national parks and nature reserves, or in western parts of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
are isolated areas of very low population density.
The table shows the 2007 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
population of the DMAs.
| Code | Name | Population 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| ECDMA10 | Cacadu | 5285 |
| ECDMA13 | Chris Hani | 89 |
| FSDMA19 | Thabo Mofutsanyane | 171 |
| GTDMA48 | West Rand | 2918 |
| KZDMA22 | Umgungundlovu | 12 |
| KZDMA23 | Uthukela | 512 |
| KZDMA27 | Umkhanyakude | 10958 |
| KZDMA43 | Sisonke | 814 |
| LIMDMA33 | Mopani | 999 |
| MPDMA32 | Ehlanzeni | 2948 |
| NCDMA06 | Namakwa | 897 |
| NCDMA07 | Pixley ka Seme | 2116 |
| NCDMA08 | Siyanda | 4882 |
| NCDMA09 | Frances Baard | 2588 |
| NCDMA45 | Kgalagadi | 5597 |
| WCDMA01 | West Coast | 7199 |
| WCDMA02 | Cape Winelands | 5260 |
| WCDMA03 | Overberg | 244 |
| WCDMA04 | Eden | 11479 |
| WCDMA05 | Central Karoo | 5609 |
See also
- Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation...
- District municipality (South Africa)District municipality (South Africa)In South Africa, a district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government...
- Local municipality (South Africa)Local municipality (South Africa)In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...