Capricorn (District)
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Limpopo | |
| Seat | Polokwane | |
| surface | 21,705 km² | |
| Residents | 1,261,463 (October 2011) | |
| density | 58 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC35 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | |
| Website | www.cdm.org.za (English) | |
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| mayor | John Mpe | |
Coordinates: 23 ° 53 ' S , 29 ° 26' E
Capricorn is a district within Limpopo Province in South Africa . It has 1,261,463 inhabitants (as of October 2011) on a total area of 21,705 km². The district administration is based in Polokwane .
The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn ( Latin : tropicus capricorni , English : Tropic of Capricorn ), which runs through the district and symbolically shares its coat of arms.
Communities
Demographic data
Data status 2001, census .
| language | Residents | % |
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| Sepedi | 1,018,216 | 88.18% |
| Xitsonga | 35,981 | 3.12% |
| Afrikaans | 33,625 | 2.91% |
| isiNdebele | 26,349 | 2.28% |
| Tshivenda | 10,629 | 0.92% |
| English | 10,180 | 0.88% |
| Sesotho | 8,616 | 0.75% |
| Setswana | 3,332 | 0.29% |
| isiZulu | 2,971 | 0.26% |
| Siswati | 2,061 | 0.18% |
| Others | 1,503 | 0.13% |
| isiXhosa | 1,199 | 0.10% |
Web links
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Administrative boundaries of South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ↑ Municipal statistics South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
