Blouberg (municipality)

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Blouberg
Blouberg Local Municipality
Map of Limpopo with Blouberg highlighted (2016) .svg
Symbols
coat of arms
Coat of arms or logo
Motto
"Kodumela"
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Basic data
Country South Africa
province Limpopo
District CapricornTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Senwabarwana
surface 4541 km²
Residents 162,629 (October 2011)
density 36 inhabitants per km²
key LIM351
ISO 3166-2 ZA-LP
Website www.blouberg.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor Maseka Solomon Pheedi

Coordinates: 23 ° 8 ′  S , 29 ° 0 ′  E

Blouberg ( English Blouberg Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Capricorn District , Limpopo Province in South Africa . The administrative headquarters are in Senwabarwana . On August 3, 2016, part of the local community of Aganang was affiliated. The mayor is Maseka Solomon Pheedi.

The Afrikaans-speaking name refers to a mountain range of the same name and also refers to a settlement north of Polokwane on the slopes of the mountains.

places

population

162,629 inhabitants live in an area of ​​4,541 km² (as of 2011).

Nature reserves

  • Blouberg Nature Reserve

Web links

Commons : Blouberg Local Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Blouberg Local Municipality (LIM351) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
  2. ^ Peter Edmund Raper : Dictionary of Southern African Place Names . Lowry Publishers, Johannesburg 1987 (2nd ed.), Pp. 52-53.
  3. 2011 census: Blouberg . accessed on July 14, 2020