Namakwa District Municipality
Encyclopedia
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
(2001 Census
). The district code is DC6.
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Districts of South Africa
South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...
of 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...
province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The seat of Namakwa is 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...
and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand
Namaqualand
Namaqualand is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of 170,000 square miles/440,000 km². It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River into two portions - Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the...
. The majority of its 108 118 people speak Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
(2001 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). The district code is DC6.
Neighbours
Namakwa is surrounded by:- the republic of NamibiaNamibiaNamibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
in the north - SiyandaSiyanda District MunicipalitySiyanda 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) in the north-east - Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the east
- Central KarooCentral Karoo District MunicipalityThe Central Karoo District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa...
(DC5) in the south-east - Cape WinelandsCape Winelands District MunicipalityThe 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) - in the south (formerly the Boland District Municipality) - West CoastWest Coast District MunicipalityThe 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) in the south-west - the Atlantic OceanAtlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
in the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalitiesLocal 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...
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| Local municipality | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Nama Khoi 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:*... |
44 752 | 41.39% |
| Hantam 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:... |
19 804 | 18.32% |
| Khâi-Ma 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:... |
11 348 | 10.50% |
| Kamiesberg 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 .... |
10 743 | 9.94% |
| Karoo Hoogland 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... |
10 508 | 9.72% |
| Richtersveld 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:... |
10 119 | 9.36% |
| Namaqualand | 813 | 0.75% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
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| Language | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape... |
103 304 | 95.55% |
| Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said... |
1 595 | 1.48% |
| Tswana Tswana language Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi... |
1 211 | 1.12% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
1 143 | 1.06% |
| Other | 415 | 0.38% |
| Sotho | 219 | 0.20% |
| Zulu Zulu language Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population... |
116 | 0.11% |
| Tsonga Tsonga language The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.- Classification :Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages... |
26 | 0.02% |
| Northern Sotho | 18 | 0.02% |
| Venda Venda Venda was a bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo province. It was founded as a homeland for the Venda people, speakers of the Venda language. It bordered modern Zimbabwe and South Africa, and is now part of Limpopo in South Africa.... |
16 | 0.01% |
| Swati Swati language The Swazi or Swati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga and KaNgwane areas... |
15 | 0.01% |
| Ndebele Southern Ndebele language The Southern Ndebele language is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele . There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa:* the Northern Transvaal Ndebele or Nrebele... |
9 | 0.01% |
Gender
| Gender | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 54 651 | 50.55% |
| Male | 53 467 | 49.45% |
Ethnic group
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| Coloured | 90 713 | 83.90% |
| White | 12 757 | 11.80% |
| Black African | 4 523 | 4.18% |
| Indian/Asian | 125 | 0.12% |
Age
| Age | Population | % |
|---|---|---|
| 000 - 004 | 9 990 | 9.24% |
| 005 - 009 | 10 690 | 9.89% |
| 010 - 014 | 11 028 | 10.20% |
| 015 - 019 | 9 809 | 9.07% |
| 020 - 024 | 8 212 | 7.60% |
| 025 - 029 | 8 367 | 7.74% |
| 030 - 034 | 8 647 | 8.00% |
| 035 - 039 | 8 086 | 7.48% |
| 040 - 044 | 6 996 | 6.47% |
| 045 - 049 | 6 387 | 5.91% |
| 050 - 054 | 4 971 | 4.60% |
| 055 - 059 | 4 232 | 3.91% |
| 060 - 064 | 3 437 | 3.18% |
| 065 - 069 | 2 671 | 2.47% |
| 070 - 074 | 1 929 | 1.78% |
| 075 - 079 | 1 216 | 1.12% |
| 080 - 084 | 786 | 0.73% |
| 085 - 089 | 453 | 0.42% |
| 090 - 094 | 165 | 0.15% |
| 095 - 099 | 43 | 0.04% |
| 100 plus | 3 | 0.00% |
Election results
Election results for Namakwa in the South African general election, 2004South African general election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....
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- Population 18 and over: 70 397 [65.11% of total population]
- Total votes: 44 220 [40.90% of total population]
- Voting % estimate: 62.82% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes % African National Congress African National CongressThe African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
26 557 60.06% Democratic Alliance 7 104 16.07% New National Party 4 379 9.90% Independent Democrats 4 216 9.53% African Christian Democratic Party 867 1.96% Freedom Front Plus 536 1.21% Pan Africanist Congress 75 0.17% United Democratic Movement 63 0.14% United Christian Democratic Party 54 0.12% Inkhata Freedom Party Inkatha Freedom PartyThe Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...
49 0.11% NA 42 0.09% EMSA 39 0.09% PJC 38 0.09% KISS 37 0.08% Azanian People's Organisation 34 0.08% CDP 28 0.06% SOPA 27 0.06% TOP 23 0.05% NLP 20 0.05% UF 18 0.04% Minority Front 14 0.03% Total 44 220 100.00%