List of municipalities in South Africa

This is a list of municipalities of South Africa

Municipalities of South Africa

Municipalities in South Africa are a division of local government that lie one level down from provincial government, forming the lowest level of democratically elected government structures in the country. The foundation for this layer of government is set out in Chapter 7 of the Constitution of...

. Refer to the main page for an explanation of how these are classified, and their inter-relationships.

Largest municipalities

In 2007, there were 6 municipalities with more than 1 million inhabitants, and 8 with between 500,000 and 1 million inhabitants (in 2001 there were 6). Municipalities in the list may include several towns. Some of them consist of hundreds of tiny settlements in very close proximity to each other. This is particularly true of municipalities made up of former Bantustans, e.g. KaNgwane

KaNgwane

KaNgwane was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Swazi people. Formerly called the "Swazi Territory", the homeland was granted nominal self-rule in 1981. Schoemansdal was designated as its capital. Its official capital was at...

and QwaQwa

QwaQwa

QwaQwa was a Bantustan, or homeland, in the eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Phuthaditjhaba...

, and Libode

Libode

Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the R61 road from Port St Johns to Umtata and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality...

in Transkei

Transkei

The Transkei , officially the Republic of Transkei , was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and nominal parliamentary democracy in the southeastern region of South Africa...

, where distributed, non-Western settlement models are practised.

Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...

is divided into two metropolitan municipalities

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...

and six district municipalities

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...

. The district municipalities are in turn divided into a total of thirty-seven local municipalities

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...

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality		BUF	East London	2,528	724,312
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality		NMA	Port Elizabeth	1,959	1,050,930
Cacadu District Municipality Cacadu District Municipality Cacadu District Municipality is situated in the Western Portion of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes nine local municipalities and other portions collectively known as the District Management Areas . The seat of...		DC10	Port ElizabethThe seat of Cacadu District Municipality is located outside of its territory, in the neighbouring Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.	58,194	363,496
	Camdeboo Local Municipality Camdeboo Local Municipality Camdeboo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.The name Camdeboo has evolved from a phonetically similar Khoi word meaning “green hollow”....	EC101	Graaff-Reinet	7,230	41,758
	Blue Crane Route Local Municipality Blue Crane Route Local Municipality Blue Crane Route Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the Blue Crane....	EC102	Somerset East	9,836	25,573
	Ikwezi Local Municipality Ikwezi Local Municipality Ikwezi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Ikwezi is an isiXhosa name that means “morning star”....	EC103	Jansenville	4,453	11,523
	Makana Local Municipality Makana Local Municipality Makana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after a Xhosa prophet, Makana....	EC104	Grahamstown Grahamstown Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black,...	4,376	70,059
	Ndlambe Local Municipality Ndlambe Local Municipality Ndlambe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa, with its capital at Port Alfred...	EC105	Port Alfred Port Alfred Port Alfred is a small town with a population of just under 20,000 in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the eastern seaboard of the country at the mouth of the Kowie River, almost exactly half-way between the larger cities of Port Elizabeth and East London and 30 km...	1,841	46,359
	Sundays River Valley Local Municipality	EC106	Kirkwood Kirkwood, Eastern Cape Kirkwood is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is situated on the banks of the Sundays River in the eponymously-named Sundays River Valley, which forms part of the Sundays River Valley Municipality in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape....	3,508	34,935
	Baviaans Local Municipality Baviaans Local Municipality Baviaans Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Baviaanskloof...	EC107	Willowmore	7,727	13,950
	Kouga Local Municipality Kouga Local Municipality The Kouga Local Municipality is located in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, approximately 20 km west of Port Elizabeth, and forms part of the Cacadu District Municipality...	EC108	Jeffreys Bay Jeffreys Bay Jeffreys Bay is a town located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hour's drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.- History :...	2,419	73,274
	Kou-Kamma Local Municipality Kou-Kamma Local Municipality The Kou-Kamma Municipality is a local municipality in South Africa. It is situated in the southwest corner of the Cacadu District Municipality along the Indian Ocean coastline, in the southwestern sector of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. To the west lies the Western Cape Province...	EC109	Kareedouw Kareedouw Kareedouw is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre for the Kou-Kamma Municipality in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape.The town's name derives from the Khoe phrase meaning "path by the karee trees"...	3,574	40,780
Amathole District Municipality		DC12	East LondonThe seat of Amathole District Municipality is located outside of its territory, in the neighbouring Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.	21,051	940,441
	Mbhashe Local Municipality	EC121	Dutywa	3,050	262,008
	Mnquma Local Municipality Mnquma Local Municipality Mnquma Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.-References:...	EC122	Gcuwa	3,300	297,663
	Great Kei Local Municipality Great Kei Local Municipality Great Kei Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The name "Kei" is of Khoi origin, meaning "sand". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River....	EC123	Komga	1,736	33,382
	Amahlathi Local Municipality Amahlathi Local Municipality Amahlathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of the area....	EC124	Stutterheim Stutterheim Stutterheim is a town with a population of 46,730 in South Africa, situated in the Border region of the Eastern Cape province.Stutterheim has a rich history that makes for fascinating reading...	4,269	112,735
	Ngqushwa Local Municipality Ngqushwa Local Municipality Ngqushwa Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.-References:...	EC126	Peddie	2,241	83,086
	Nkonkobe Local Municipality Nkonkobe Local Municipality Nkonkobe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after a mountain range , Nkonkobe in isiXhosa....	EC127	Fort Beaufort Fort Beaufort Fort Beaufort is a town in the Amatole District of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, and has a population of 78,300. The town was established in 1837 and became a municipality in 1883. The town lies at the confluence of the Kat and Brak rivers between the Keiskamma and Great Fish rivers...	3,724	130,100
	Nxuba Local Municipality Nxuba Local Municipality Nxuba Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The Fish River, as it is now called, was first named Nxuba River by King Sandile in the 18th century-References:...	EC128	Adelaide Adelaide, Eastern Cape Adelaide is a town and area in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Population 12,000 . Adelaide is situated near the Great Winterberg Mountain range...	2,732	21,467
Chris Hani District Municipality Chris Hani District Municipality Chris Hani is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Chris Hani is Queenstown. The majority of its 810 274 people speak Xhosa , although Afrikaans speaking people predominate in the far west of the district...		DC13	Queenstown Queenstown, Eastern Cape Queenstown, named after Queen Victoria, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, roughly half way in between the towns of Cathcart and Sterkstroom. It is currently the commercial, administrative, and educational centre of the prosperous surrounding farming district...	36,695	798,597
	Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, formerly known as Cradock Local Municipality, is a local municipality in Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape...	EC131	Cradock Cradock, Eastern Cape Cradock is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in the upper valley of the Great Fish River, by rail northeast of Port Elizabeth. The town is the administrative seat of the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape. The estimated population...	11,592	48,399
	Tsolwana Local Municipality Tsolwana Local Municipality Tsolwana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Tsolwana is an isiXhosa name which means “something with a sharp ending or a tip”, referring the mountains around the whole area....	EC132	Tarkastad Tarkastad Tarkastad is a small Karoo town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Tarkastad is on a plain to the north of the Winterberg mountain range...	6,025	27,660
	Inkwanca Local Municipality Inkwanca Local Municipality Inkwanca Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Inkwanca is an isiXhosa name meaning cold. The municipal area is the coldest area in the country and the lowest temperatures are recorded in the area every year....	EC133	Molteno Molteno, Eastern Cape Molteno is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.It was founded in 1874 and named for Sir John Molteno, the first prime minister of the Cape Colony....	3,584	14,283
	Lukhanji Local Municipality Lukhanji Local Municipality Lukhanji Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Lukhanji is an isiXhosa name for the mountain that runs the eastern side of Queenstown to the western side.-References:...	EC134	Queenstown Queenstown, Eastern Cape Queenstown, named after Queen Victoria, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, roughly half way in between the towns of Cathcart and Sterkstroom. It is currently the commercial, administrative, and educational centre of the prosperous surrounding farming district...	4,260	208,081
	Intsika Yethu Local Municipality Intsika Yethu Local Municipality Intsika Yethu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Intsika Yethu is an isiXhosa name meaning “our pillars”....	EC135	Cofimvaba	3,041	185,342
	Emalahleni Local Municipality Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape Emalahleni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiXhosa name meaning “a place of coal”.-2004 general election:...	EC136	Lady Frere	3,551	125,293
	Engcobo Local Municipality Engcobo Local Municipality Engcobo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Engcobo is an isiXhosa name for a sweet grass found in the area....	EC137	Ngcobo	2,259	135,979
	Sakhisizwe Local Municipality Sakhisizwe Local Municipality Sakhisizwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Sakhisizwe is an isiXhosa name meaning "we are building the nation".-References:...	EC138	Cala	2,251	53,472
Ukhahlamba District Municipality Ukhahlamba District Municipality Joe Gqabi is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Joe Gqabi is Barkly East. The majority of its 341 337 people speak IsiXhosa . The district code is DC14...		DC14	Barkly East Barkly East Barkly East is a town in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, seat of the Ukhahlamba District Municipality, and 80 miles by rail E.S.E. of Aliwal North, lying in the mountainous area just south of Lesotho. The town lies at the southern tip of the Drakensberg on the Langkloofspruit, a tributary of...	25,663	308,365
	Elundini Local Municipality Elundini Local Municipality Elundini Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ukhahlamba District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.The name originates from isiZulu and it refers to the Drakensberg Mountains....	EC141	Maclear Maclear, Eastern Cape Maclear is a small town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It lies just north-east of Ugie. The land to the east and south was part of the former homeland of Transkei. The town was founded in 1876 as Nqanqaru Drift but was later in 1882 renamed after Thomas Maclear.-External links:*...	5,064	123,636
	Senqu Local Municipality Senqu Local Municipality Senqu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Senqu is a Sesotho name for the Orange River.-References:...	EC142	Lady Grey Lady Grey, Eastern Cape Lady Grey is a rural village in the Eastern Cape in South Africa near the border with Lesotho. It is situated in the foothills of the Witteberg mountains, about 55 kilometers east of Aliwal North and 260 km from the capital of the Free State Province, Bloemfontein...	7,330	118,177
	Maletswai Local Municipality Maletswai Local Municipality Maletswai Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.Maletswai is a Sesotho name that means “a place of salt”. The Aliwal Spa located within the municipal area produces salty water from underground.-References:...	EC143	Aliwal North Aliwal North Aliwal North is a town in central South Africa on the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province. Aliwal North is the seat of the Maletswai Local Municipality which falls within the Ukhahlamba District Municipality....	4,358	42,843
	Gariep Local Municipality Gariep Local Municipality Gariep Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ukhahlamba District Municipality, Eastern Cape....	EC144	Burgersdorp Burgersdorp Burgersdorp is a small town in the Ukhahlamba District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.The Afrikaner Bond political party was founded in Burgersdorp in 1881.-Rail:The first rail connection to Burgersdorp was opened on 19 March 1885...	8,911	23,708
OR Tambo District Municipality OR Tambo District Municipality OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha . The vast majority of its 1 676 463 people speak Xhosa . The district is named after Oliver Tambo...		DC15	Mthatha Mthatha Mthatha is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town has an airport, previously known by the name K. D. Matanzima Airport after former leader Kaiser Matanzima....	12,095	1,441,121
	Ngquza Hill Local Municipality Ngquza Hill Local Municipality Ngquza Hill Local Municipality, previously known as Qaukeni, is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa....	EC153	Flagstaff Flagstaff, Eastern Cape Flagstaff is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Ngquza Hill Local Municipality....	2,477	279,795
	Port St Johns Local Municipality Port St Johns Local Municipality Port St. Johns Local Municipality is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa....	EC154	Port St Johns	1,291	165,084
	Nyandeni Local Municipality Nyandeni Local Municipality Nyandeni Local Municipality is a local municipality in the OR Tambo District, situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Its administrative seat is the town of Libode...	EC155	Libode Libode Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the R61 road from Port St Johns to Umtata and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality...	2,474	314,273
	Mhlontlo Local Municipality Mhlontlo Local Municipality Mhlontlo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.Mhlonto was a chief of the Pondomise people during the 19th century.-References:...	EC156	Qumbu	2,826	237,138
	King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality is a municipality situated in the inland of Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. The municipality is made up of Mthatha and Mqanduli...	EC157	Mthatha Mthatha Mthatha is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town has an airport, previously known by the name K. D. Matanzima Airport after former leader Kaiser Matanzima....	3,027	444,830
Alfred Nzo District Municipality Alfred Nzo District Municipality Alfred Nzo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Alfred Nzo is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 550 392 people speak Xhosa...		DC44	Mount Ayliff Mount Ayliff Mount Ayliff is a small town in the eastern Eastern Cape province of South Africa, near that province's border with KwaZulu-Natal. In the census of 2001, its population was recorded as being 4,881 people, of whom 98% described themselves as "Black African", and 96% spoke Xhosa as their first...	10,732	900,487
	Matatiele Local Municipality Matatiele Local Municipality Matatiele Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Alfred Nzo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.The name is derived from the Sesotho language and it means "the ducks have flown", in an apparent reference to the abundance of waterflow that even today inhabit the surrounding pools...	EC441	Matatiele	4,352	258,758
	Umzimvubu Local Municipality Umzimvubu Local Municipality Umzimvubu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Alfred Nzo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.Umzivumbu is an isiXhosa name which means “home of the hippopotamus”....	EC442	Mount Frere Mount Frere Mount frere is a minor town known as the town of Kwabhaca to the community. Mount Frere was found in the 17th century and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere....	2,506	220,631
	Mbizana Local Municipality Mbizana Local Municipality Mbizana Local Municipality is a local municipality in OR Tambo District in the Wild Coast Region of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Its name means "little casserole" or "sauce pan" in isiXhosa....	EC443	Bizana Bizana, Eastern Cape Bizana is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Mbizana Local Municipality....	2,417	279,739
	Ntabankulu Local Municipality Ntabankulu Local Municipality Ntabankulu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the OR Tambo District of Eastern Cape in South Africa.Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa name meaning “great or big mountain”, since the municipal area is mountainous in character....	EC444	Ntabankulu	1,456	141,358

Free State

The Free State

Free State

The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...

is divided into one metropolitan municipality and four district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into a total of nineteen local municipalities.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "place of leopards"...		MAN	Bloemfontein Bloemfontein Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and...	6,284	752,906
Xhariep District Municipality Xhariep District Municipality 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...		DC16	Trompsburg Trompsburg Trompsburg is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town....	37,674	153,069
	Letsemeng Local Municipality Letsemeng Local Municipality Letsemeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa.-Towns:* Bethulie* Bloem Area DC* Central Southern DC* Edenburg* Fauresmith* Jacobsdal* Jagersfontein* Koffiefontein* Luckhoff...	FS161	Koffiefontein Koffiefontein Koffiefontein is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. Farming in the district focuses on cattle and sheep farming with lucerne, potatoes and ground nuts being the main crops sown. There are also a cheese factory and vineyards in the town...	10,225	36,337
	Kopanong Local Municipality Kopanong Local Municipality Kopanong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "meeting place or where people are invited". The name earmarks unity and seeks to encourage co-operation....	FS162	Trompsburg Trompsburg Trompsburg is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town....	15,248	49,422
	Mohokare Local Municipality Mohokare Local Municipality Mohokare Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word for Caledon River, which runs through the municipality....	FS163	Zastron Zastron Zastron is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, some 30 km from the border of Lesotho. It is situated at the foot of Aasvoëlberg , named for the rare Cape Vultures attracted by a feeding project a short distance out of town...	8,776	41,867
	Naledi Local Municipality Naledi Local Municipality, Free State Naledi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "a star"....	FS164	Dewetsdorp Dewetsdorp Dewetsdorp is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was set up, without approval of the Volksraad, by field-cornet Jacobus de Wet, father of the Boer War general Christiaan de Wet. Eventually recognized officially, the town became a municipality and named De Wet in...	3,424	25,442
Lejweleputswa District Municipality Lejweleputswa District Municipality Lejweleputswa is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Lejweleputswa is Welkom. The majority of its 657 019 people speak Sotho...		DC18	Welkom Welkom Welkom is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, located 160 kilometres northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom received municipal status in 1961 and was declared a city in 1968 on the 14th of February...	31,930	639,651
	Masilonyana Local Municipality Masilonyana Local Municipality Masilonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Setswana word meaning "freedom"....	FS181	Theunissen Theunissen Theunissen is a small town that has the only wine estate, the Theunissen Wine Farm, in the Free State province of South Africa. It was founded by Boer War Commandant Helgaardt Theunissen...	6,796	80,094
	Tokologo Local Municipality Tokologo Local Municipality Tokologo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Setswana word meaning "freedom"....	FS182	Boshof Boshof Boshof is the administrative town in the goldfields region of the Free State province, South Africa. The town was formed in 1855 on the Vanwyksvlei farm. It was named after Jacobus Boshoff who became the 2nd President of the Orange Free State on the 27 August 1855.The local commando was involved in...	9,326	21,323
	Tswelopele Local Municipality Tswelopele Local Municipality Tswelopele Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "progress"....	FS183	Bultfontein	6,524	40,617
	Matjhabeng Local Municipality Matjhabeng Local Municipality Matjhabeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa, that includes the city of Welkom. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "where nations meet". It is derived from the migrant labour system where people from various countries like...	FS184	Welkom Welkom Welkom is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, located 160 kilometres northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom received municipal status in 1961 and was declared a city in 1968 on the 14th of February...	5,155	405,031
	Nala Local Municipality Nala Local Municipality Nala Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is Sesotho for "affluence or plenty". It is derived from the maize belt and economic prosperity of the area....	FS185	Bothaville Bothaville Bothaville is a maize farming town situated near the Vaal River in the Lejweleputswa DM of the Free State province, South Africa. It is situated 6km east of the Vaal, on the bank of its Vals River tributary...	4,129	92,586
Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality		DC19	Phuthaditjhaba Phuthaditjhaba Phuthaditjhaba is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. The frequent snow on the Drakensberg mountain peaks surrounding the town led the San to call the region Qwa-Qwa . It was known as Witsiehoek to the European settlers. The area was then turned into the bantustan or homeland of...	32,637	753,344
	Setsoto Local Municipality Setsoto Local Municipality Setsoto Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". Setsoto is headed by Ficksburg, followed by Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. It is the getaway municipality to the Kingdom of...	FS191	Ficksburg Ficksburg Ficksburg is a town situated at the foot of the 450m high Imperani Mountain in Free State province, South Africa. The town was set up by General Johan Fick who won the territory in the Basotho Wars...	5,966	102,826
	Dihlabeng Local Municipality Dihlabeng Local Municipality Dihlabeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. It was established in terms of Section 12 of the Local Government Structures Act, 117 of 1998, after the first general local government elections of 5 December 2000 which...	FS192	Bethlehem Bethlehem, Free State Bethlehem is a town in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs river along a fertile valley just south of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 highway....	4,739	108,449
	Nketoana Local Municipality Nketoana Local Municipality Nketoana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa....	FS193	Reitz	5,611	62,367
	Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Drakensberg mountains . The peak in Qwaqwa is known as the Sentinel, which is called "Phofung" in Sesotho....	FS194	Phuthaditjhaba Phuthaditjhaba Phuthaditjhaba is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. The frequent snow on the Drakensberg mountain peaks surrounding the town led the San to call the region Qwa-Qwa . It was known as Witsiehoek to the European settlers. The area was then turned into the bantustan or homeland of...	4,418	385,413
	Phumelela Local Municipality Phumelela Local Municipality Phumelela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. The name "Phumelela" means "to succeed" in isiZulu....	FS195	Vrede Vrede Vrede a is town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 km² region. Maize, wheat, mutton, wool, beef, dairy products and poultry are farmed in the region. The town was established here after a dispute arose regarding as to where to set up the town in...	7,550	35,090
	Mantsopa Local Municipality Mantsopa Local Municipality Mantsopa Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District of the Free State in South Africa.-Origin of the name:...	FS196	Ladybrand Ladybrand Ladybrand is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, situated 18 km from Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Ladybrand is one of five towns that forms the Mantsopa Local Municipality...	4,291	59,028
Fezile Dabi District Municipality Fezile Dabi District Municipality Fezile Dabi District Municipality, formerly known as Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Northern Free State is Sasolburg. The majority of its 460 289 people speak Sesotho...		DC20	Sasolburg Sasolburg Sasolburg is a large industrial town in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa. Sasolburg is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark and Zamdela...	21,301	474,089
	Moqhaka Local Municipality Moqhaka Local Municipality Moqhaka is a municipality in the Fezile Dabi District, Free State Province, South Africa. In 2001 the population was 167 881 with a total area of 7925 km ². The seat of local government is Kroonstad.The community name is the South-Sotho-word for "crown"....	FS201	Kroonstad Kroonstad Kroonstad is the third-largest town in the Free State province of South Africa, and lies two hours drive from Gauteng. In the 1991 census it had a population of 110,963...	7,925	170,522
	Ngwathe Local Municipality Ngwathe Local Municipality Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Ngwathe" is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River....	FS203	Parys Parys Parys is a town situated on the banks of the Vaal River in the Free State province of South Africa. Population 43,791.In the eariy 1870's, towns in the northern Free State were situated very far apart and members of different churches had to travel great distances to participate in religious...	7,055	95,187
	Metsimaholo Local Municipality Metsimaholo Local Municipality Metsimaholo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Metsimaholo" means "big water" in Sesotho....	FS204	Sasolburg Sasolburg Sasolburg is a large industrial town in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa. Sasolburg is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark and Zamdela...	1,717	154,658
	Mafube Local Municipality Mafube Local Municipality Mafube Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "dawning of the new day"....	FS205	Frankfort Frankfort, Free State Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the farm Roodepoort, and named Frankfurt by Albert van Gordon...	4,604	53,722

Gauteng

Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...

is divided into three metropolitan municipalities and two district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into a total of seven local municipalities. The Metsweding District Municipality

Metsweding District Municipality

Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 till 18 May 2011, a district municipality in Gauteng province, South Africa. Metsweding, and its component local municipalities, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on the date of the 2011 municipal election.The...

was absorbed into the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in 2011.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality		EKU	Germiston	1,924	2,724,229
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, South Africa...		JHB	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	1,645	3,888,180
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality		TSH	Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...	6,345	2,499,447
Sedibeng District Municipality Sedibeng District Municipality Sedibeng is one of the districts of the Gauteng province of South Africa. The administrative seat of Sedibeng is Vereeniging. The most widely spoken language among its 794,605 inhabitants is Sesotho .-Geographic location:...		DC42	Vereeniging	4,177	800,819
	Emfuleni Local Municipality Emfuleni Local Municipality The Emfuleni Local Municipality is one of three local municipalities comprising theSedibeng District in Gauteng, South Africa. It is the westernmost local municipality in theDistrict, and covers an area of 987 km²....	GT421	Vanderbijlpark	966	650,867
	Midvaal Local Municipality Midvaal Local Municipality Midvaal Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sedibeng District of Gauteng in South Africa. The name due to its geographical location: Midvaal lies halfway between Johannesburg/East Rand and the Vaal/Vereeniging area....	GT422	Meyerton Meyerton, Gauteng Meyerton is a small town lying 15 km north of Vereeniging in Gauteng, South Africa. Situated in the local municipality of Midvaal and the district municipality of Sedibeng.-History:...	1,725	83,445
	Lesedi Local Municipality Lesedi Local Municipality Lesedi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sedibeng District of Gauteng in South Africa.Heidelberg is the seat of the municipality. During the first war of independence, Heidelberg served as capital of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, from 1880 to 1883.Lesedi is a Sesotho word...	GT423	Heidelberg Heidelberg, Gauteng Heidelberg is a town with 70,707 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa at the foot of the Suikerbosrand next to the N3 highway, which connects Johannesburg and Durban.- History :...	1,486	66,507
West Rand District Municipality West Rand District Municipality The West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort. The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein. The most spoken language of its 744 168 people is Setswana...		DC48	Randfontein	4,087	754,903
	Mogale City Local Municipality Mogale City Local Municipality Mogale City Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, in South Africa.According to the 2007 community survey, the municipality had 319,633 inhabitants of these 69,4% were black african, 25,1% white, 0,6% coloured and 4,9% asian...	GT481	Krugersdorp	1,099	319,641
	Randfontein Local Municipality Randfontein Local Municipality Randfontein Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, in South Africa.Randfontein Local Municipality is characterized by high levels of unemployment and poverty and low levels of education and income...	GT482	Randfontein	477	117,261
	Westonaria Local Municipality Westonaria Local Municipality Westonaria Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa.The mining industry represents the largest employment sector in the municipality. The unemployment rate is approximately 30%. In 2007, 34% of households had access to piped water inside...	GT483	Westonaria	638	99,218
	Merafong City Local Municipality Merafong City Local Municipality Merafong City Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Its boundaries enclose some of the richest gold mines in the world...	GT484	Carletonville	1,631	215,865

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

is divided into one metropolitan municipality and ten district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into a total of fifty local municipalities.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality		ETH	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...	2,292	3,468,086
Ugu District Municipality Ugu District Municipality Ugu is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Ugu is Zulu for "coast". The seat of Ugu is Port Shepstone. The majority of its 704 001 people speak IsiZulu...		DC21	Port Shepstone	5,047	709,918
	Vulamehlo Local Municipality Vulamehlo Local Municipality Vulamehlo Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal. It is located south of the eThekwini municipality and is bordered by uMdoni to the east, Mkhambathini and Richmond to the north and Ubuhlebezwe to the west. There is an almost equal split of land...	KZN211	ScottburghThe seat of Vulamehlo Local Municipality is located outside of its territory, at Scottburgh in the neighbouring Umdoni Local Municipality.	973	74,017
	Umdoni Local Municipality UMdoni Local Municipality uMdoni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umdoni is an isiZulu name for the indegeous tree, Mdoni ....	KZN212	Scottburgh	238	74,437
	Umzumbe Local Municipality Umzumbe Local Municipality Umzumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Umzumbe River....	KZN213	Mtwalume	1,259	176,287
	uMuziwabantu Local Municipality UMuziwabantu Local Municipality uMuziwabantu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Umuziwabantu is an isiZulu name meaning "the people's home", or a home with wide open doors where everyone is welcome....	KZN214	Harding Harding, KwaZulu-Natal Harding is a town situated in the Mzimkulwana River valley, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Harding was established as a military outpost following the United Kingdom's annexation of East Griqualand in 1874 and was named after the first chief of justice for Natal, Sir Walter Harding.Timber and dairy...	1,089	104,527
	Ezingoleni Local Municipality Ezingoleni Local Municipality Ezingoleni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ugu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Ezinqoleni is an isiZulu name word meaning "at the wagons". Traffic in the early days was by wagon drawn by donkeys and post carts drawn by mules....	KZN215	Izingolweni	648	56,369
	Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality is a local municipality in South Africa. It is the economic hub of the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The area attracts tourists from KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces as well as international tourists.Beaches of world-class quality are...	KZN216	Port Shepstone	839	224,281
uMgungundlovu District Municipality Umgungundlovu District Municipality Umgungundlovu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Umgungundlovu is Pietermaritzburg. The majority of its 927 834 people speak Zulu...		DC22	Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...	8,934	988,837
	uMshwathi Local Municipality UMshwathi Local Municipality uMshwathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the uMshwathi River that runs through the municipal area.It encompasses the following towns:* Wartburg...	KZN221	Wartburg Wartburg, KwaZulu-Natal Wartburg is a small town located approximately to the north-east of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and is located in the Umgungundlovu District Municipality. It is situated in an agricultural area, dominated by sugar cane fields and timber plantations...	1,818	113,054
	uMngeni Local Municipality UMngeni Local Municipality uMngeni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Umgeni River that runs through the municipal area.It encompasses the following towns:* Howick* Hilton...	KZN222	Howick Howick, KwaZulu-Natal Howick is a town located in the uMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The town is 1050 m above sea level, and about 88 kilometres from the port city of Durban. It enjoys warm summers and cool dry winters. A snappy chill descends upon Howick when snow falls on the nearby...	1,567	84,781
	Mpofana Local Municipality Mpofana Local Municipality Mpofana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa....	KZN223	Mooi River	1,652	31,518
	Impendle Local Municipality Impendle Local Municipality Impendle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.During the 18th century, the Griquas used to hide in the mountain in the area because they were accused of stealing livestock from the farmers who decided to fight them in order to...	KZN224	Impendle	949	39,401
	Msunduzi Local Municipality Msunduzi Local Municipality Msunduzi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It encompasses the city of Pietermaritzburg, which is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and the main economic hub of Umgungundlovu District Municipality.Msunduzi...	KZN225	Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...	634	616,730
	Mkhambathini Local Municipality Mkhambathini Local Municipality Mkhambathini Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Mkhabathini is the isiZulu name for Table Mountain....	KZN226	Camperdown	915	46,570
	Richmond Local Municipality Richmond Local Municipality Richmond Local Municipality is an administrative area in the UMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Richmond was named after the Earl of Richmond, father in law of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape from 1844 to 1847....	KZN227	Richmond Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal Richmond is a town situated on the banks of the upper Illovo River in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately 38 km south-west of Pietermaritzburg. Timber, sugarcane, poultry, citrus fruit and dairy goods are produced here...	1,231	56,772
uThukela District Municipality Uthukela District Municipality uThukela is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith. The majority of its 656 986 people speak IsiZulu...		DC23	Ladysmith Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is north-west of Durban and south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textile and tyre production...	11,326	714,908
	Emnambithi/Ladysmith Local Municipality	KZN232	Ladysmith Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is north-west of Durban and south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textile and tyre production...	2,965	236,748
	Indaka Local Municipality Indaka Local Municipality Indaka Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Indaka River that runs through the municipal area....	KZN233	Wasbank	992	101,557
	Umtshezi Local Municipality Umtshezi Local Municipality Umtshezi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. uMtshezi is an isiZulu name word for Bushman or San. The name uMtshezi refers to the Bushman River....	KZN234	Estcourt	2,130	83,906
	Okhahlamba Local Municipality Okhahlamba Local Municipality Okhahlamba Local Municipality is a municipality in the Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- Spion Kop :This large battlefield located some 30 km outside Ladysmith contains the mass graves of British soldiers, individual graves as well as a number of memorials,...	KZN235	Bergville	3,475	151,441
	Imbabazane Local Municipality Imbabazane Local Municipality Imbabazane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Imbabazane is the name of an African tree.-References:...	KZN236	Ntabamhlophe	827	140,745
uMzinyathi District Municipality Umzinyathi District Municipality Umzinyathi is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of Umzinyathi is Dundee. The majority of its 456 452 people speak IsiZulu...		DC24	Dundee Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal The coal mining town of Dundee is situated in a valley of the Biggarsberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa . It is part of the Endumeni Local Municipality, Umzinyathi District. It is rich in coal deposits...	8,589	495,737
	Endumeni Local Municipality Endumeni Local Municipality Endumeni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Endumeni is an isiZulu name meaning "a place of thunderstorm". The municipality shares its name with the Endumeni hill....	KZN241	Dundee Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal The coal mining town of Dundee is situated in a valley of the Biggarsberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa . It is part of the Endumeni Local Municipality, Umzinyathi District. It is rich in coal deposits...	1,610	54,447
	Nquthu Local Municipality Nquthu Local Municipality Nquthu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Nquthu is an isiZulu name meaning "the back of the head"....	KZN242	Nquthu	1,962	164,887
	Msinga Local Municipality Msinga Local Municipality Msinga Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The name means a current in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top of the water surface and ends up influencing the nearby climatic conditions through its breeze.Msinga is...	KZN244	Tugela Ferry Tugela Ferry Tugela Ferry is a town on the northern bank of the Tugela River, in central KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. During the apartheid era it formed part of the KwaZulu homeland, and at present it is included in the Umzinyathi DM...	2,501	161,894
	Umvoti Local Municipality Umvoti Local Municipality Umvoti Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Umzinyathi District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Umvoti River, which runs from the west to the east towards the Indian Ocean...	KZN245	Greytown Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal Greytown is a town situated on the banks of a tributary of the Umvoti River in a richly fertile timber-producing area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-History:...	2,516	114,509
Amajuba District Municipality Amajuba District Municipality Amajuba is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Amajuba is Newcastle. The majority of its 468 040 people speak Zulu . The district code is DC25-Tourism:...		DC25	Newcastle Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal Newcastle is the third largest city and urban center in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Newcastle is located in the North West corner of the province along the Ncandu River and is moderately industrial....	6,911	442,266
	Newcastle Local Municipality Newcastle Local Municipality Newcastle Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa....	KZN252	Newcastle Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal Newcastle is the third largest city and urban center in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Newcastle is located in the North West corner of the province along the Ncandu River and is moderately industrial....	1,855	327,637
	eMadlangeni Local Municipality EMadlangeni Local Municipality eMadlangeni Local Municipality, previously known as Utrecht Local Municipality, is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.-References:...	KZN253	Utrecht Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal Utrecht is a town in the foothills of the Balele Mountains, in the northwestern corner of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Newcastle, Kwazulu-Natal's third-largest urban center, is 50 km from Utrecht...	3,539	23,263
	Dannhauser Local Municipality Dannhauser Local Municipality Dannhauser Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amajuba District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler who in 1872 purchased four farms in the area from the then owner, the Natal government.The major economic sectors...	KZN254	Dannhauser	1,516	91,366
Zululand District Municipality Zululand District Municipality Zululand is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province. The seat of Zululand is Ulundi. The majority of its 804,456 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC26...		DC26	Ulundi	14,799	902,890
	eDumbe Local Municipality EDumbe Local Municipality eDumbe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Zululand District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Dumbe mountain....	KZN261	Paulpietersburg	1,943	75,096
	uPhongolo Local Municipality UPhongolo Local Municipality uPhongolo Local Municipality, is a local municipality in the northern area of Zululand, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.In 2007, the uPhongolo Municipality contained 154 rural shops, 124 schools, 27 hotels, resorts or conference facilities, 15 clinics, 12 recreational facilities, 6...	KZN262	Pongola Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal Pongola is a small town situated in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on the Pongola River, only 10 kilometres from the Swaziland border. It has 50 km² of sugarcane and subtropical fruit plantations surrounding it. During the Depression years of the 1930s, drastic irrigation systems were...	3,239	137,756
	Abaqulusi Local Municipality Abaqulusi Local Municipality AbaQulusi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Zululand in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.-Towns and settlements:63% of the population of the AbaQulusi municipal area live in rural areas, most of which live in scattered homesteads known as imizi in tribal areas. Homesteads are...	KZN263	Vryheid	4,185	247,628
	Nongoma Local Municipality Nongoma Local Municipality Nongoma Local Municipality is a local municipality in the northeastern part of Zululand in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is Zululand’s second largest municipality in terms of population and the second largest in terms of area. It shares its name with the town of Nongoma, which...	KZN265	Nongoma	2,182	244,501
	Ulundi Local Municipality Ulundi Local Municipality Ulundi Local Municipality is a local municipality located on the southern boundary of the Zululand District Municipality in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa...	KZN266	Ulundi	3,251	197,908
uMkhanyakude District Municipality Umkhanyakude District Municipality Umkhanyakude, named after the famous yellow-barked fever tree, literally meaning “seen from afar”, is the northernmost district in KwaZulu-Natal and contains many areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the St Lucia greater wetland park, Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay. Game parks include...		DC27	Mkuze	12,821	614,046
	uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality UMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality is one of the five municipalities in the jurisdiction of uMkhanyakude District Municipality, situated in the northeastern part of Kwazulu-Natal Province in South Africa...	KZN271	Kwangwanase	3,619	163,694
	Jozini Local Municipality Jozini Local Municipality Jozini is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Significant portions of Jozini have been neglected in terms of economic development. There is a great disparity between the level of service and infrastructure provision between settlement nodes, such as...	KZN272	Jozini	3,056	207,250
	The Big Five False Bay Local Municipality The Big Five False Bay Local Municipality The Big Five False Bay is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Big Five animals which are found in the game reserves that are located in the area e.g. the Hluhluwe game reserve, the Mfolozi game reserve and the...	KZN273	Hluhluwe	1,061	34,991
	Hlabisa Local Municipality Hlabisa Local Municipality Hlabisa is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Hlabisa is an isiZulu surname of the two nkosis in the area...	KZN274	Hlabisa	1,417	150,557
	Mtubatuba Local Municipality Mtubatuba Local Municipality Mtubatuba is an administrative area in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa....	KZN275	Mtubatuba	496	46,596
uThungulu District Municipality UThungulu District Municipality Uthungulu is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of uThungulu is Richards Bay. The majority of its 885 944 people speak Zulu...		DC28	Richards Bay	8,213	894,260
	Mbonambi Local Municipality Mbonambi Local Municipality Mbonambi is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Mbonambi Local Tribal Authority, which covers most of the municipal area.-References:...	KZN281	KwaMbonambi	1,210	118,081
	uMhlathuze Local Municipality UMhlathuze Local Municipality uMhlathuze Local Municipality is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Mhlatuze River.It encompasses the following towns:* Richards Bay* Umhlathuzi-References:...	KZN282	Richards Bay	793	332,156
	Ntambanana Local Municipality Ntambanana Local Municipality Ntambanana is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The municipality is named after the Ntambanana River, which passes through the municipality....	KZN283	Empangeni	1,083	94,190
	uMlalazi Local Municipality UMlalazi Local Municipality uMlalazi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The municipality is named after the uMlalazi River....	KZN284	Eshowe	2,214	175,372
	Mthonjaneni Local Municipality Mthonjaneni Local Municipality Mthonjaneni is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Mthonjaneni is an isiZulu name meaning "a spring of water". There is a spring found in the vicinity of the municipality where King Dingaan used to send his maidens to collect water for him.Nkandla is...	KZN285	Melmoth Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal Melmoth is a small town situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town was established in the Mthonjaneni district after the annexation of Zululand by the United Kingdom in 1887 and was named after Sir Melmoth Osborn...	1,086	47,010
	Nkandla Local Municipality Nkandla Local Municipality Nkandla is an administrative area in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Nkandla is an Zulu name for a hiding place of the Zulus a long time ago during the times of war, e.g the Bambatha Rebellion and the Ndwandwe war from Entumeni. The warriors used the Nkandla forest as their...	KZN286	Nkandla	1,828	127,451
iLembe District Municipality ILembe District Municipality iLembe is one of the 11 district municipalities of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The seat of iLembe is KwaDukuza . The majority of its 560 409 people speak Zulu...		DC29	KwaDukuza	3,269	528,198
	Mandeni Local Municipality Mandeni Local Municipality Mandeni Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Manufacturing, elementary work and plant and machine work are the highest non-farming categories of labour. Mandeni includes substantial areas of commercial agriculture, with the bulk of...	KZN291	Mandeni Mandeni Mandeni is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.The town has many factories and attracts workers from afar. The biggest employer is Sappi, the largest paper manufacturer in South Africa....	582	122,665
	KwaDukuza Local Municipality KwaDukuza Local Municipality KwaDukuza Local Municipality is a municipality in the iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-Settlements within KwaDukuza:* KwaDukuza* Ballito* Darnall* Shakas Kraal* Groutville* Blythedale* Zinkwazi...	KZN292	KwaDukuza	633	162,055
	Ndwedwe Local Municipality Ndwedwe Local Municipality Ndwedwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.Primary kaolin deposits occur in Ndwedwe. Good quality material is found near Coqweni, Nozandla and Appelsbosch....	KZN293	Ndwedwe	1,157	134,322
	Maphumulo Local Municipality Maphumulo Local Municipality Maphumulo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the iLembe District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Maphumulo is an isiZulu name meaning "place of rest"....	KZN294	Maphumulo	896	109,157
Sisonke District Municipality Sisonke District Municipality Sisonke is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of Sisonke is Ixopo. The majority of its 298 392 people speak IsiZulu...		DC43	Ixopo	11,127	500,082
	Ingwe Local Municipality Ingwe Local Municipality Ingwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Ingwe is an isiZulu name word that means leopard. The municipality was given the name because there were leopards in this area many years ago....	KZN431	Creighton	1,991	114,116
	KwaSani Local Municipality	KZN432	Himeville	1,213	14,281
	Greater Kokstad Local Municipality Greater Kokstad Local Municipality Greater Kokstad Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Kokstad is derived from Dutch, and it means "town of Kok". It was named after Adam Kok III....	KZN433	Kokstad Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal Kokstad is a town in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Stad is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for city....	2,680	46,724
	Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Ubuhlebezwe is an isiZulu name meaning "The Beauty of the Land". The name is derived from Alan Paton's novel, Cry, The Beloved Country....	KZN434	Ixopo	1,604	80,905
	Umzimkhulu Local Municipality Umzimkhulu Local Municipality Umzimkhulu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Umzimkhulu is an Xhosa language and an isiZulu name meaning “Big/Great house”....	KZN435	Umzimkhulu	2,435	243,242

Limpopo

Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...

is divided into five district municipalities, which are in turn divided into a total of twenty-five local municipalities.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
Mopani District Municipality Mopani District Municipality Mopani is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Mopani is Giyani. The majority of its 964 195 people speak Tsonga or Northern Sotho . The district code is DC33...		DC33	Giyani Giyani Giyani is a town in the Limpopo province in north eastern South Africa, and former capital of the Gazankulu bantustan. Giyani is located in the heart of Limpopo Bushveld, on the northern bank of the Klein Letaba River west of Kruger National Park...	24,489	1,068,568
	Greater Giyani Local Municipality Greater Giyani Local Municipality Greater Giyani Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Greater Giyani Local Municipality is Giyani.- External links :*...	LIM331	Giyani Giyani Giyani is a town in the Limpopo province in north eastern South Africa, and former capital of the Gazankulu bantustan. Giyani is located in the heart of Limpopo Bushveld, on the northern bank of the Klein Letaba River west of Kruger National Park...	2,985	247,657
	Greater Letaba Local Municipality Greater Letaba Local Municipality Greater Letaba Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Greater Letaba Local Municipality is Duiwelskloof.- External links :*...	LIM332	Modjadjiskloof	1,891	247,739
	Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Greater TzaneenLocal Municipality is Tzaneen.- External links :*...	LIM333	Tzaneen Tzaneen Tzaneen is a small town situated in the Mopani district of the Limpopo province in South Africa. It is in a fertile region with tropical and subtropical agriculture taking place in a 20,000 km² region...	3,243	349,087
	Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality is Phalaborwa.- External links :*...	LIM334	Phalaborwa Phalaborwa Phalaborwa is a town situated in the Mopani district, halfway up along the length of the Kruger National Park in the Limpopo province in South Africa. The Lowveld, also known as Valley of the Olifants, has the highest winter temperatures in South Africa. The rainfall is low and the average winter...	3,004	127,308
	Maruleng Local Municipality Maruleng Local Municipality Maruleng Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Maruleng Local Municipality is Hoedspruit.- External links :*...	LIM335	Hoedspruit Hoedspruit Hoedspruit is a town situated at the foot of the Klein Drakensberg , in the Limpopo province of South Africa, on the railway line from Tzaneen to Kaapmuiden.-Economy:...	3,244	95,779
Vhembe District Municipality Vhembe District Municipality Vhembe is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the northernmost district of the country and shares its northern border with Beitbridge district in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. The seat of Vhembe is Thohoyandou. The majority of its 1 199 856 people speak Venda...		DC34	Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Thohoyandou is a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Vhembe District Municipality and Thulamela Local Municipality. It is also known for being the former capital of the bantustan of Venda....	21,349	1,240,035
	Musina Local Municipality Musina Local Municipality Musina Local Municipality is located in the Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Musina Local Municipality is Musina.- External links :*...	LIM341	Musina Musina Musina or Messina is the northernmost town in the Limpopo province of South Africa near the Limpopo River border to Zimbabwe. It has a population of between 20,000 and 40,000. Iron ore, coal, magnetite, graphite, asbestos, diamonds, semi-precious stones and copper are mined in the...	7,577	57,195
	Mutale Local Municipality Mutale Local Municipality Mutale Local Municipality is located in the Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Mutale Local Municipality is Mutale.- External links :*...	LIM342	Mutale	2,346	108,215
	Thulamela Local Municipality Thulamela Local Municipality The Thulamela Local Municipality is a Local municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa....	LIM343	Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Thohoyandou is a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Vhembe District Municipality and Thulamela Local Municipality. It is also known for being the former capital of the bantustan of Venda....	2,899	602,819
	Makhado Local Municipality Makhado Local Municipality Makhado Local Municipality is located in the Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Makhado Local Municipality is Louis Trichardt.- External links :*...	LIM344	Louis Trichardt	8,527	471,805
Capricorn District Municipality Capricorn District Municipality Capricorn is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The seat of Capricorn is Polokwane. The majority of its 1 154 673 people speak Northern Sotho...		DC35	Polokwane Polokwane Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety",is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former name, Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. The population...	16,988	1,243,167
	Blouberg Local Municipality	LIM351	Senwabarwana	4,541	194,119
	Aganang Local Municipality Aganang Local Municipality Aganang Local Municipality, is located in the Capricorn District Municipality, of Limpopo province, South Africa.Aganang is a Setswana name that means "building together"....	LIM352	Koloti	1,871	145,454
	Molemole Local Municipality Molemole Local Municipality Molemole Local Municipality, is located in the Capricorn District Municipality, of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Molemole Local Municipality is Mogwadi.-References:*...	LIM353	Mogwadi	3,347	100,408
	Polokwane Local Municipality Polokwane Local Municipality The Polokwane Local Municipality is a local municipality located within the Capricorn District in the Limpopo Province of South Africa...	LIM354	Polokwane Polokwane Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety",is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former name, Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. The population...	3,766	561,772
	Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality	LIM355	Chuniespoort Chuniespoort Chuniespoort is a mountain pass situated in the Limpopo Province, on the R37, the road between Polokwane and Lebowakgomo, South Africa...	3,463	241,414
Waterberg District Municipality Waterberg District Municipality Waterberg is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Waterberg is Modimolle . The majority of its 614 139 people speak Northern Sotho . The district code is DC36.-Geography:...		DC36	Modimolle Modimolle Modimolle is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming as well as wildlife and tourism...	49,504	596,092
	Thabazimbi Local Municipality Thabazimbi Local Municipality Thabazimbi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Waterberg District of Limpopo in South Africa. The seat of Thabazimbi Local Municipality is Thabazimbi....	LIM361	Thabazimbi Thabazimbi Thabazimbi is an iron mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is situated at the feet of the Ysterberg and is surrounded by the Witfonteinrand and Boshofberg with the majestic Kransberg in the background. The name Thabazimbi means mountain of iron because of the large iron ore...	9,862	60,039
	Lephalale Local Municipality Lephalale Local Municipality Lephalale Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Lephalale Local Municipality is Lephalale.- Politics :...	LIM362	Lephalale Lephalale Ellisras or Lephalale is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately north of the Waterberg Massif. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after the original farm owners, Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus. In 2002, Ellisras was renamed Lephalale by the...	19,601	80,141
	Mookgophong Local Municipality	LIM364	Mookgophong	4,271	16,818
	Modimolle Local Municipality Modimolle Local Municipality Modimolle Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Modimolle Local Municipality is Modimolle.- External links :*...	LIM365	Modimolle Modimolle Modimolle is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming as well as wildlife and tourism...	6,228	52,602
	Bela-Bela Local Municipality Bela-Bela Local Municipality Bela-Bela Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Bela-Bela Local Municipality is Bela-Bela....	LIM366	Bela-Bela	3,376	55,844
	Mogalakwena Local Municipality Mogalakwena Local Municipality Mogalakwena Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Mogalakwena Local Municipality is Mokopane.- External links :*...	LIM367	Mokopane Mokopane Mokopane , is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town was established by the Voortrekkers and named Potgietersrus after the slain Voortrekker leader Piet Potgieter...	6,166	330,649
Sekhukhune District Municipality Sekhukhune District Municipality Sekhukhune is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Sekhukhune is Groblersdal. The majority of its 967 126 people speak Northern Sotho...		DC47	Groblersdal Groblersdal Groblersdal is a farming town situated 32 km North of the 178 million m³ Loskop Dam in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo.The town is South Africa's second largest irrigation settlement...	13,426	1,090,424
	Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality	LIM471	Marble Hall Marble Hall Marble Hall is a small town in the south of the Limpopo province, in South Africa. It was formerley in Mpumalanga provinse.-History:While on a hunting expedition from Pretoria, Christoffel Visagie and his family discovered a hole containing marble in 1920...	1,910	124,510
	Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality is Groblersdal. Municipality is named in honour of the Elias Motsoaledi....	LIM472	Groblersdal Groblersdal Groblersdal is a farming town situated 32 km North of the 178 million m³ Loskop Dam in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo.The town is South Africa's second largest irrigation settlement...	3,713	247,488
	Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality Makhuduthamaga is a municipality in Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa.The name is derived from the liberatory name given to those who supported the anti-apartheid struggle in Sekhukhuneland in the 1950s. Makhuduthamaga raged a war against the white commissioner and...	LIM473	Jane Furse	2,097	262,726
	Fetakgomo Local Municipality Fetakgomo Local Municipality Fetakgomo Local Municipality is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Fetakgomo Local Municipality is Apel.- External links :*...	LIM474	Ga-Nkwana	1,107	112,232
	Greater Tubatse Local Municipality Greater Tubatse Local Municipality Greater Tubatse Local Municipality is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa....	LIM475	Burgersfort Burgersfort Burgersfort is located in the valley of the Spekboom River at the edge of the Bushveld Complex in the Greater Tubatse Local Municipality, near the border of the two provinces Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The town was named after a hexagonal fort built there during the 1876-77 Second War against the...	4,599	343,468

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...

is divided into three district municipalities, which are in turn divided into a total of eighteen local municipalities.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
Gert Sibande District Municipality Gert Sibande District Municipality Gert Sibande is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Secunda. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu . The district code is DC30...		DC30	Secunda	31,841	890,699
	Albert Luthuli Local Municipality Albert Luthuli Local Municipality Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, Grass and Wetlands region, of Mpumalanga. Carolina is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns...	MP301	Carolina Carolina, Mpumalanga Carolina is a town situated on the Johannesburg to Swaziland route in Mpumalanga province in South Africa. It is a mixed farming and on a small scale coal and precious stone mining community. It was established by Cornelius Coetzee as a permanent outspan for wagons when gold was discovered in 1883...	5,559	194,083
	Msukaligwa Local Municipality Msukaligwa Local Municipality Msukaligwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Ermelo is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :BreytenChrissiesmeerDavelErmeloFernieKwachibikhulu*Kwadela...	MP302	Ermelo Ermelo, Mpumalanga Ermelo is the educational, industrial and commercial centre of the 7,750 km² Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga province, Republic of South Africa. Mixed farming and anthracite, coal and torbanite mining take place here...	6,016	126,268
	Mkhondo Local Municipality Mkhondo Local Municipality Mkhondo Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Piet Retief is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :Altonia,Amsterdam,Belgrade,Diamant,Dirkiesdorp,Driefontein,...	MP303	Piet Retief Piet Retief, Mpumalanga Piet Retief is a town situated in a timber growing region in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Its is the seat of the Mkhondo Local Municipality. It is located not far from the Swaziland border...	4,882	106,452
	Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality....	MP304	Volksrust Volksrust Volksrust is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa on the KwaZulu-Natal provincial border. The town has important beef, dairy, maize, sorghum, wool and sunflower seed industries. It was established near to where the Battle of Majuba, wherein the Transvaal won its independence back...	5,227	65,932
	Lekwa Local Municipality Lekwa Local Municipality Lekwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Standerton is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :Azalea,Meyerville,Morgenzon,Sakhile,Sakhile Informal,Sivukile,...	MP305	Standerton Standerton Standerton is a large commercial and agricultural town lying on the banks of the Vaal River in Mpumalanga, South Africa which specialises in cattle, dairy, maize and poultry farming. The town was established in 1876 and named after Boer leader Commadant AH Stander. During the Second Boer War a...	4,585	91,136
	Dipaleseng Local Municipality Dipaleseng Local Municipality Dipaleseng Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Balfour is the Seat of the municipality.- Towns :Balfour,Greylingstad,Nthorwane,Siyathemba,*Heidelberg Farms,...	MP306	Balfour Balfour, Mpumalanga Balfour is a small coal mining and maize farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town was established in 1898 as McHattiesburg after its founder Frederick McHattie. In 1905 the town changed its name when the British Prime Minister Arthur Balfour gave a speech at the local station platform...	2,617	37,873
	Govan Mbeki Local Municipality Govan Mbeki Local Municipality Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Secunda is the Seat of the municipality, as well as the Seat of the District Municipality.- Towns :*Bethal,...	MP307	Secunda	2,955	268,954
Nkangala District Municipality Nkangala District Municipality Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1 020 592 people is IsiNdebele...		DC31	Middelburg Middelburg, Mpumalanga Middelburg is a large farming and industrial town in the South African province of Mpumalanga.Middelburg was established as Nasareth, , in 1864 by the Voortrekkers on the banks of the Klein Olifants River. The name was changed in 1872 to Middelburg to mark its situation midway between the Transvaal...	16,758	1,226,500
	Delmas Local Municipality Delmas Local Municipality Delmas Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Delmas Local Municipality is Delmas.- External links :*...	MP311	Delmas Delmas, Mpumalanga Delmas is a small farming town situated east of Johannesburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce maize, wheat, potatoes and chickens. The town was laid out in 1907 on the farm Witklip . The farm was owned by a Frenchman Frank Dumat, who decided to call the town "de le mas" ....	1,568	50,455
	Emalahleni Local Municipality Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Emalahleni Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiZulu and isiNdebele name meaning coal.-Towns:* Ga-Nala* Kriel* Ogies* Phola* Rietspruit* Thubelihle* Van Dyksdrift...	MP312	Witbank Witbank Witbank , also known as eMalahleni is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the eMalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for White Ridge and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wagon transport drivers rested...	2,678	435,217
	Steve Tshwete Local Municipality	MP313	Middelburg Middelburg, Mpumalanga Middelburg is a large farming and industrial town in the South African province of Mpumalanga.Middelburg was established as Nasareth, , in 1864 by the Voortrekkers on the banks of the Klein Olifants River. The name was changed in 1872 to Middelburg to mark its situation midway between the Transvaal...	3,976	182,503
	Emakhazeni Local Municipality Emakhazeni Local Municipality Emakhazeni Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of DEmakhazeni Local Municipality is Belfast.- External links :*...	MP314	Belfast Belfast, Mpumalanga Belfast, now also known as eMakhazeni, is a small town in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa ....	4,736	32,840
	Thembisile Hani Local Municipality Thembisile Hani Local Municipality Thembisile Hani Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is a semi-urban local Municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 established townships....	MP315	eMpumalanga	2,384	278,517
	Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality is Siyabuswa.- External links :*...	MP316	Siyabuswa Siyabuswa Siyabuswa is a town in the countryside of the South African province of Mpumalanga . During the apartheid era, Siyabuswa was the capital of the KwaNdebele Bantustan. It served as a capital from 1981 to 1986 when KwaMhlanga replaced it...	1,416	246,969
Ehlanzeni District Municipality Ehlanzeni District Municipality Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Ehlanzeni is Nelspruit. The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati...		DC32	Nelspruit Nelspruit Nelspruit is a city of more than 500,000 people situated in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province . Located on the Crocodile River, Nelspruit lies about west of the Mozambique border and east of Johannesburg. The towns of Nelspruit are Kanyamazane and Pienaar...	27,896	1,526,236
	Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga.- Towns :Badfontein,Blyde,Brondal,Buffelsvlei,Goedewil,Graan,Graskop,Hendriksdal,Klein-Sabie,Klipskool,...	MP321	Lydenburg Lydenburg Lydenburg is a town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town is slated to be renamed Mashishing, according to an announcement made on June 30, 2006 by the South African Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan. Lydenburg is situated on the Sterkspruit/Dorps River tributary of the Olifants River at...	5,719	87,545
	Mbombela Local Municipality Mbombela Local Municipality Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".-Towns:DaantjieKaapsehoopKabowkeniKanyamazaneHazyviewMatsulu...	MP322	Nelspruit Nelspruit Nelspruit is a city of more than 500,000 people situated in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province . Located on the Crocodile River, Nelspruit lies about west of the Mozambique border and east of Johannesburg. The towns of Nelspruit are Kanyamazane and Pienaar...	3,412	527,203
	Umjindi Local Municipality Umjindi Local Municipality Umjindi is a local municipality of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Barberton is the Seat of the municipality. The municipality had a population of 53 744 according to the 2001 census.- Towns :Avoca,Barberton,*Jambila,...	MP323	Barberton Barberton, Mpumalanga Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is fringed by the Mkhonjwa Mountains...	1,745	60,475
	Nkomazi Local Municipality Nkomazi Local Municipality Nkomazi Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga. Malelane is the Seat of the municiplity.-References:**...	MP324	Malalane	3,240	338,095
	Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Bushbuckridge Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. The name of the municipality is derived from the fact that the area was inhabited by many bushbuck long time ago.- Towns :*Orinnoco,...	MP325	Bushbuckridge Bushbuckridge Bushbuckridge is a city and municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The name was given because of the large herds of antelope that were found there in the 1880s. The town grew around a trading store which opened in 1884...	2,590	509,970

North West

The North West

North West (South African province)

North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mafikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng.-History:...

is divided into four district municipalities, which are in turn divided into a total of nineteen local municipalities.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Bojanala Platinum District Municipality 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 1 185 325 people speak Setswana...		DC37	Rustenburg	18,333	1,268,618
	Moretele Local Municipality	NW371	Makapanstad	1,379	182,414
	Madibeng Local Municipality Madibeng Local Municipality The Local Municipality of Madibeng is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartebeespoort is also located in the municipality....	NW372	Brits Brits, North West Brits is a large town and district situated in a fertile, citrus, vegetable and grain-producing area that is irrigated by the waters of the Hartbeespoort Dam in North West Province of South Africa. It is close to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, which includes Pretoria and...	3,839	371,197
	Rustenburg Local Municipality Rustenburg Local Municipality Rustenburg Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It is home to Boekenhoutfontein, the farm of Paul Kruger, president of the South African Republic....	NW373	Rustenburg	3,423	449,776
	Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa....	NW374	Koster Koster, North West Koster is a small farming town situated on the watershed between the Orange and Limpopo Rivers in North West Province of South Africa.The town was proclaimed in 1913 and named after Bastiaan Koster, the original farm owner. Koster means "bellringer"....	3,973	37,806
	Moses Kotane Local Municipality Moses Kotane Local Municipality Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of local municipality is Mogwase....	NW375	Mogwase	5,719	227,426
Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality		DC38	Mafikeng Mafikeng Mahikeng – formerly legally, but still commonly known as Mafikeng – is the capital city of the North-West Province of South Africa. It is best known internationally for the Siege of Mafeking, the most famous engagement of the Second Boer War.Located on South Africa's border with Botswana, it is ...	27,889	798,783
	Ratlou Local Municipality Ratlou Local Municipality Ratlou Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa....	NW381	Stella Stella, North West Stella is a cattle ranching town situated in North West Province of South Africa between Vryburg and Mafikeng. Stella was named after the daughter of the farmer who owned the land on which the town was founded in the 1920s...	4,566	98,104
	Tswaing Local Municipality Tswaing Local Municipality Tswaing Local Municipality is a local Municipality consisting of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal in the Central District Municipality situated in the North West Province of South Africa....	NW382	Delareyville	5,966	81,005
	Mafikeng Local Municipality Mafikeng Local Municipality Mafikeng Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Mafikeng is a Setswana name meaning "place of rocks"....	NW383	Mafikeng Mafikeng Mahikeng – formerly legally, but still commonly known as Mafikeng – is the capital city of the North-West Province of South Africa. It is best known internationally for the Siege of Mafeking, the most famous engagement of the Second Boer War.Located on South Africa's border with Botswana, it is ...	3,698	290,229
	Ditsobotla Local Municipality Ditsobotla Local Municipality Ditsobotla Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Lichtenburg....	NW384	Lichtenburg Lichtenburg, North West Lichtenburg is a town situated in North West Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Ditsobotla Local Municipality.The town was established in 1873 and was named by Transvaal President Thomas François Burgers, Lichtenburg...	6,465	200,141
	Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Zeerust....	NW385	Zeerust	7,193	129,304
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality		DC39	Vryburg	44,017	354,554
	Naledi Local Municipality	NW392	Vryburg	7,259	57,934
	Mamusa Local Municipality Mamusa Local Municipality Mamusa Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of localmunicipality is Schweizer-Reneke.-2009 General Election:...	NW393	Schweizer-Reneke	3,615	36,533
	Greater Taung Local Municipality Greater Taung Local Municipality Greater Taung Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Taung....	NW394	Taung	5,635	144,817
	Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Christiana....	NW396	Christiana Christiana, North West Christiana is an agricultural town with 15.322 inhabitants on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa The town is located on the N12 between Bloemhof and Warrenton, on the way to Kimberley...	3,681	32,809
	Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It was created at the local government elections of 18 May 2011 by merging the Kagisano and Molopo municipalities.-Geography:Kagisano-Molopo...	NW397	undetermined	23,827	82,462
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality		DC40	Klerksdorp	14,642	634,127
	Ventersdorp Local Municipality Ventersdorp Local Municipality Ventersdorp Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Ventersdorp....	NW401	Ventersdorp	3,764	36,528
	Tlokwe Local Municipality Tlokwe Local Municipality Tlokwe Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of the local municipality is Potchefstroom....	NW402	Potchefstroom	2,674	124,351
	City of Matlosana Local Municipality	NW403	Klerksdorp	3,561	385,782
	Maquassi Hills Local Municipality Maquassi Hills Local Municipality Maquassi Hills Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa....	NW404	Wolmaransstad	4,643	87,465

Northern Cape

The Northern Cape

Northern Cape

The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...

is divided into five district municipalities, which are in turn divided into a total of twenty-seven local municipalities.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
Namakwa District Municipality Namakwa District Municipality Namakwa is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. The majority of its 108 118 people speak Afrikaans...		DC6	Springbok Springbok, Northern Cape Springbok is the largest town in the Namaqualand area in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. it had a population of 10,294. Springbok is located on the N7 national road which connects the Cape with Namibia, and at the western end of the N14, which connects it with Upington and Pretoria...	126,836	126,494
	Richtersveld Local Municipality Richtersveld Local Municipality Richtersveld is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa.The municipality is named after Reverend W Richter, a Dutch missionary of the 20th century who opened a mission station in Koeboes.-History:...	NC061	Port Nolloth Port Nolloth Port Nolloth is a town and domestic seaport in the Namaqualand region on the northwestern coast of South Africa, 89 miles northwest of Springbok....	9,608	14,613
	Nama Khoi Local Municipality Nama Khoi Local Municipality Nama Khoi Municipality is an administrative region of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It is administered from the town of Springbok.-External links:*...	NC062	Springbok Springbok, Northern Cape Springbok is the largest town in the Namaqualand area in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. it had a population of 10,294. Springbok is located on the N7 national road which connects the Cape with Namibia, and at the western end of the N14, which connects it with Upington and Pretoria...	15,025	54,644
	Kamiesberg Local Municipality Kamiesberg Local Municipality -Population:In 2007, an estimated 12,117 persons lived in Kamiesberg; however, this estimate is very rough. The majority of Kamiesberg's people are coloured ....	NC064	Garies Garies Garies is a small agricultural centre situated in South Africa's Northern Cape province about 110 km south of Springbok, the chief town of the Namaqualand district. Current population approximately 1500....	11,742	12,117
	Hantam Local Municipality Hantam Local Municipality Hantam is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa.Hatam is a Khoi name that means "mountains where the bulbs grow". The municipality is named after the Hantam Mountains found in the area.-References:...	NC065	Calvinia Calvinia Calvinia is a regional town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa named after the Swiss religious reformer John Calvin. The town belongs to the Hantam Local Municipality which forms part of the Namakwa District Municipality. The Calvinia district is part of the Great Karoo region of South...	27,968	21,234
	Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality Karoo Hoogland is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa.Hoogland an Afrikaans word meaning "highland" and Karoo is a Khoi word meaning "hard" or "dry". The name reflects the area which has dry, arid and dessert-like conditions.The municipality incorporates...	NC066	Williston Williston, Northern Cape Williston is a town in Northern Cape, South Africa. Originally settled by people from Germany, the town was renamed in honor of Hampden Willis in 1883.-References:...	29,397	10,420
	Khâi-Ma Local Municipality Khâi-Ma Local Municipality Khâi-Ma is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa. Khai-Ma is a Khoi word meaning "to stand up".-References:...	NC067	Pofadder	8,332	12,571
Pixley ka Seme District Municipality		DC7	De Aar	102,727	166,849
	Ubuntu Local Municipality Ubuntu Local Municipality Ubuntu Local Municipality is a municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.Its seat is Victoria West; other towns in the municipality are Richmond, Loxton and two small railway villages Hutchinson and Merriman.-References:...	NC071	Victoria West Victoria West Victoria West is a town in the central Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is situated on the main N12 route, at an elevation of . It is the seat of the Ubuntu Local Municipality within the Pixley ka Seme DM....	20,389	16,153
	Umsobomvu Local Municipality	NC072	Colesberg Colesberg Colesberg is a town with 17,354 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, located on the main road from Cape Town to Johannesburg....	6,819	21,992
	Emthanjeni Local Municipality Emthanjeni Local Municipality Emthanjeni Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Emthanjeni is a Xhosa name meaning a "vein", symbolising the importance of an underground water supply system to the area. It is also a...	NC073	De Aar	11,390	38,228
	Kareeberg Local Municipality Kareeberg Local Municipality Kareeberg Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name originates from a mountain range in the region, the Karee Mountains.-References:...	NC074	Carnarvon	17,702	9,866
	Renosterberg Local Municipality Renosterberg Local Municipality Renosterberg Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.-References:...	NC075	Petrusville Petrusville Petrusville is a town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa, located in the Northern Cape province. The town was named after Petrus van der Walt, owner of the farm the town was built on....	5,527	9,185
	Thembelihle Local Municipality Thembelihle Local Municipality Thembelihle Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Thembelihle is a Xhosa name meaning "good hope".-Localities:DeetlessvilleHopetown*Orania...	NC076	Hopetown Hopetown Hopetown lies at the edge of the Great Karoo in South Africa's Northern Cape province. It stands on an arid slope leading down to the Orange River. The first diamond discovered in South Africa, the Eureka Diamond, was found at Hopetown.-History:...	6,980	13,218
	Siyathemba Local Municipality Siyathemba Local Municipality Siyathemba Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.-References:...	NC077	Prieska	8,209	20,120
	Siyancuma Local Municipality Siyancuma Local Municipality Siyancuma Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.-References:...	NC078	Douglas Douglas, Northern Cape Douglas is a town situated near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. On this fertile soil nestles the town of Douglas. The town itself is a green patchwork of dramatic contrast - space for the solitary and activity for the energetic...	10,024	35,970
Siyanda District Municipality Siyanda District Municipality Siyanda is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Siyanda is Upington. The majority of its 209 883 people speak Afrikaans...		DC8	Upington	102,524	238,063
	Mier Local Municipality	NC081	Mier Mier, Northern Cape Mier is an administrative area in the Siyanda District of Northern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is adjacent to one of the world's largest conservation areas, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park...	11,730	7,337
	Kai !Garib Local Municipality Kai !Garib Local Municipality Kai !Garib is an administrative area in the Siyanda District of Northern Cape in South Africa. The name Kai !Garib originates from the Khoi language and means "big great river", referring to the Orange River that flows through the area.-References:...	NC082	Kakamas	7,446	56,501
	//Khara Hais Local Municipality	NC083	Upington	3,444	100,920
	!Kheis Local Municipality !Kheis Local Municipality !Kheis is an administrative area in the Siyanda District of Northern Cape in South Africa. !Kheis is a Khoi name meaning "a place where you live, or a home". The municipality is named in recognition of the Khoi people who were the first permanent dwellers of the area....	NC084	Groblershoop	6,436	18,920
	Tsantsabane Local Municipality Tsantsabane Local Municipality Tsantsabane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Siyanda District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones ....	NC085	Postmasburg	5,887	28,005
	Kgatelopele Local Municipality Kgatelopele Local Municipality Kgatelopele Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Siyanda District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Kgatelopele is a Setswana name that means "progress".-References:...	NC086	Daniëlskuil	2,478	21,498
Frances Baard District Municipality Frances Baard District Municipality Frances Baard is one of the 5 districts of Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Frances Baard is Kimberley. The majority of its 324 814 people speak Afrikaans . The district code is DC9....		DC9	Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...	13,518	353,200
	Sol Plaatje Local Municipality Sol Plaatje Local Municipality The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Frances Baard District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province, South Africa. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.- Reference :...	NC091	Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...	1,877	243,018
	Dikgatlong Local Municipality Dikgatlong Local Municipality Dikgatlong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts and Vaal rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as...	NC092	Barkly West	2,377	40,752
	Magareng Local Municipality Magareng Local Municipality Magareng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.Magareng is a Setswana name meaning "in the middle". The name reflects the geographic location of the municipality in relation to other areas.-References:...	NC093	Warrenton Warrenton, Northern Cape Warrenton is an agricultural town with a population of 25,100 situated in the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme on the banks of the Vaal River in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa....	1,542	20,433
	Phokwane Local Municipality Phokwane Local Municipality Phokwane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. The name means "lamb" in Setswana.-References:...	NC094	Hartswater Hartswater Hartswater is an agricultural town serving the northern section of the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1948...	834	46,409
John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality		DC45	Kuruman Kuruman Kuruman is a town with 12,701 inhabitants in Northern Cape province of South Africa, famous for its scenic beauty and the Eye of Kuruman, a geological feature bringing water from deep underground to the surface in the Kalahari Desert....	27,283	173,454
	Joe Morolong Local Municipality Joe Morolong Local Municipality Joe Morolong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.Moshaweng is a Setswana name for "place of sand"....	NC451	Mothibistad	9,477	70,012
	Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman.-References:...	NC452	Kuruman Kuruman Kuruman is a town with 12,701 inhabitants in Northern Cape province of South Africa, famous for its scenic beauty and the Eye of Kuruman, a geological feature bringing water from deep underground to the surface in the Kalahari Desert....	4,492	69,791
	Gamagara Local Municipality Gamagara Local Municipality Gamagara Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.The name Gamogara is of Setswana origin. The municipality is named after a dry river which was in turn named after a man called Mogara of the Makwere clan...	NC453	Kathu Kathu Kathu is a town in South Africa, and the iron ore capital of the Northern Cape province. Its name means "town under the trees", after the Camel Thorn forest it is situated in. The phrase "the town under the trees" was coined by an engineer working in the town in the early 1990 as part of a...	2,619	28,054

Western Cape

The Western Cape

Western Cape

The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...

is divided into one metropolitan municipality and five district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into a total of twenty-four local municipalities.

Name		Code	Seat	Area (km²)	Population (2007)
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality		CPT	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	2,460	3,497,097
West Coast District Municipality West Coast District Municipality The West Coast District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC1. Moorreesburg is the seat of the district...		DC1	Moorreesburg Moorreesburg Moorreesburg is a rural town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It falls within the Swartland Local Municipality, which is part of the West Coast District Municipality. It lies just off the N7 national road, about 90 kilometres north of Cape Town. The town was established in...	31,104	286,751
	Matzikama Local Municipality Matzikama Local Municipality Matzikama Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 46,362 . Its municipality code is WC011.-Government:...	WC011	Vredendal	5,549	46,362
	Cederberg Local Municipality Cederberg Local Municipality Cederberg Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 31,942. Its municipality code is WC012.-Government:...	WC012	Clanwilliam	7,339	31,942
	Bergrivier Local Municipality Bergrivier Local Municipality Bergrivier Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Piketberg is the seat of the municipality. As of 2007, it had a population of 44,741. Its municipality code is WC013.- Government :The mayor of the...	WC013	Piketberg Piketberg Piketberg is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. The original spelling of the name was "Piquetberg".The town is in the foothills of the Piketberg mountains, a range of low mountains formed from Table Mountain Sandstone....	4,407	44,741
	Saldanha Bay Local Municipality Saldanha Bay Local Municipality Saldanha Bay Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 78982...	WC014	Vredenburg Vredenburg Vredenburg is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative center of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality...	1,766	78,982
	Swartland Local Municipality Swartland Local Municipality Swartland Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Malmesbury is the seat of the municipality. As of 2007, it had a population of 77,524...	WC015	Malmesbury Malmesbury, Western Cape Malmesbury is a town with 37,529 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa, about 65 km north of Cape Town.The town is the largest in the Swartland due to the dark "Renosterbos" , an indigenous plant that turns black in the warm, dry summers...	3,692	77,524
Cape Winelands District Municipality Cape Winelands District Municipality The Cape Winelands District Municipality, formerly the Boland District Municipality, is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 712,413...		DC2	Worcester Worcester, Western Cape Worcester is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is located 120 km north-east of Cape Town on the N1 highway north to Johannesburg....	22,309	712,413
	Witzenberg Local Municipality Witzenberg Local Municipality Witzenberg Municipality is a local municipality located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 75,148....	WC022	Ceres Ceres, Western Cape Ceres is a town with 46,251 inhabitants in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre and largest town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality. Ceres serves as a regional centre for the surrounding towns of Wolseley, Tulbagh, Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfred Hamlet...	2,851	75,148
	Drakenstein Local Municipality Drakenstein Local Municipality Drakenstein Municipality is a local municipality located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 217,089...	WC023	Paarl Paarl Paarl is a town with 191,013 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its the third oldest European settlement in the Republic of South Africa and the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington...	1,538	217,089
	Stellenbosch Local Municipality Stellenbosch Local Municipality Stellenbosch Local Municipality is the local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Pniel, and the surrounding rural areas, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It covers an area of and, , had a population of 200,524 people in 36,413 households...	WC024	Stellenbosch	831	200,524
	Breede Valley Local Municipality Breede Valley Local Municipality Breede Valley Municipality is a local municipality located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 134,271. Its municipality code is WC025.- Government :...	WC025	Worcester Worcester, Western Cape Worcester is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is located 120 km north-east of Cape Town on the N1 highway north to Johannesburg....	2,994	134,271
	Langeberg Local Municipality	WC026	Ashton Ashton, Western Cape Ashton is a small town in the Western Cape in South Africa. The town is situated in a luscious valley famous for its great wines and fruit....	3,332	80,121
Overberg District Municipality Overberg District Municipality The Overberg District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC3.- Adjacent municipalities :Cape Winelands District Municipality Eden District Municipality...		DC3	Bredasdorp Bredasdorp Bredasdorp is a town in the Southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the main economic and service hub of that region. It lies on the northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about south-east of Cape Town and north of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa.-History:The...	11,405	212,787
	Theewaterskloof Local Municipality Theewaterskloof Local Municipality Theewaterskloof Municipality is a local municipality located within the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, the population was 86,719. Its municipality code is WC031...	WC031	Caledon Caledon, Western Cape Caledon is a town in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located about east of Cape Town. it had a population of 10,650. It is located in, and the seat of, the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality....	3,248	86,719
	Overstrand Local Municipality Overstrand Local Municipality Overstrand Municipality is a local municipality located within the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 74,547.-Government:...	WC032	Hermanus Hermanus Hermanus is a town with 49,000 inhabitants on the southern coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is famous as a place from which to watch Southern Right whales, during the southern winter and spring and is a popular retirement town...	1,708	74,547
	Cape Agulhas Local Municipality Cape Agulhas Local Municipality Cape Agulhas Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population was 26,182. Its municipality code is WC033.- Government :...	WC033	Bredasdorp Bredasdorp Bredasdorp is a town in the Southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the main economic and service hub of that region. It lies on the northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about south-east of Cape Town and north of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa.-History:The...	2,841	28,444
	Swellendam Local Municipality Swellendam Local Municipality Swellendam Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population was 28,075. Its municipality code is WC034.-Towns and villages:Towns and villages in Swellendam Local Municipality include:* Barrydale...	WC034	Swellendam Swellendam Swellendam is the third oldest town in the Republic of South Africa, a town with 28,072 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 National monuments most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture....	2,999	22,833
Eden District Municipality Eden District Municipality The Eden District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.-Adjacent municipalities:* Central Karoo District Municipality...		DC4	George George, Western Cape George is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.- Location :...	23,331	513,307
	Kannaland Local Municipality Kannaland Local Municipality Kannaland Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population is 23,971. Its municipality code is WC041.- Government :...	WC041	Ladismith Ladismith Ladismith is town and agricultural centre in the western Kleinkaroo region of South Africa's Western Cape province. In 1852 the farm Elandsvlei was set aside for the town, and it became a municipality in 1862. It was named after Lady Juana Smith....	4,758	24,715
	Hessequa Local Municipality Hessequa Local Municipality Hessequa Local Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is flanked by the lower Breede River to the west and the Gourits River to the east....	WC042	Riversdale Riversdale, Western Cape Riversdale is a town located on the N2 highway between Cape Town and George on the Agulhas Coastal Plain of the southern Western Cape province of South Africa. It is an agricultural service orientated town, being a hub for shopping and other services for surrounding farming communities, smaller...	5,734	39,081
	Mossel Bay Local Municipality Mossel Bay Local Municipality Mossel Bay Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population was 71,439.- Government :...	WC043	Mossel Bay Mossel Bay Mossel Bay is a harbour town of about 130,000 people on the Southern Cape of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province...	2,011	117,838
	George Local Municipality George Local Municipality George Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population is 135,409. Its municipality code is WC044.-Government:...	WC044	George George, Western Cape George is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.- Location :...	1,072	136,542
	Oudtshoorn Local Municipality Oudtshoorn Local Municipality Oudtshoorn Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population was 84,692.-Towns and villages:De HoopDe RustDysselsdorpOudtshoorn*Volmoed- References :...	WC045	Oudtshoorn	3,537	79,606
	Bitou Local Municipality Bitou Local Municipality Bitou Local Municipality is a municipality part of Eden District Municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, its population is 29,149. Its municipality code is WC047....	WC047	Plettenberg Bay Plettenberg Bay Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plet or Plett, is the primary town of the Bitou Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of the census of 2001, there were 29149 population...	992	39,002
	Knysna Local Municipality Knysna Local Municipality Knysna Local Municipality is a municipality part of Eden District Municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population is 51,468...	WC048	Knysna Knysna Knysna is a town with 76,431 inhabitants in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is part of the Garden Route. It lies 34 degrees south of the equator, and is 72 kilometres east from the town of George on the N2 highway, and 25 kilometres west of Plettenberg Bay on the same road.-History:A...	1,059	65,045
Central Karoo District Municipality Central Karoo District Municipality The Central Karoo District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa...		DC5	Beaufort West Beaufort West Beaufort West is a town in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is the largest town in the arid Great Karoo region, and forms part of the Beaufort West Local Municipality, with 37 000 inhabitants in 2001....	38,854	56,230
	Laingsburg Local Municipality Laingsburg Local Municipality Laingsburg Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population is 6,681. Its municipality code is WC051.- Government :The mayor of the municipality is Willem Theron of the DA...	WC051	Laingsburg Laingsburg, Western Cape - History :Laingsburg was first established in the 1870s by Stephanus Greeff. He bought the farm Vischkuil-aan-de-Buffelsrivier . The town only started developing when the railway line to it was completed...	8,784	5,156
	Prince Albert Local Municipality Prince Albert Local Municipality Prince Albert Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.-References:...	WC052	Prince Albert Prince Albert, Western Cape Prince Albert, South Africa lies on the southern edge of the Great Karoo, nestling under the majestic Swartberg mountains.- History :...	8,153	8,374
	Beaufort West Local Municipality Beaufort West Local Municipality Beaufort West Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population is 37,107. Its municipality code is WC053.- Government :The mayor of the municipality is currently vacant...	WC053	Beaufort West Beaufort West Beaufort West is a town in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is the largest town in the arid Great Karoo region, and forms part of the Beaufort West Local Municipality, with 37 000 inhabitants in 2001....	16,330	37,090

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