Dikgatlong

Dikgatlong Dikgatlong Local Municipality
Symbols
Coat of arms or logo
Motto "Kopano Le Katlego"
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	North Cape
District	Frances Baard
Seat	Barkly West
surface	2378 km²
Residents	46,841 (October 2011)
density	20 inhabitants per km²
key	NC092
ISO 3166-2	ZA-NC
Website	www.dikgatlong.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor	Dorothy Mbizeni

Coordinates: 28 ° 32 '  S , 24 ° 31'  E

Dikgatlong ( English Dikgatlong Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Frances Baard district of the North Cape province of South Africa . The local government office is in Barkly West . Mayoress is Dorothy Mbizeni.

Dikgatlong is Setswana and stands for 'confluence'. The name refers to the two rivers Harts and Vaal near Delportshoop . The area was named that way back in the 18th century.

Localities

Barkly West Corn's Village De Beershoogte Delportshoop Holpan Kutlwano Longlands

Mataleng Sydney on Vaal Tidimalo Ulco Vaal Gamagara Windsorton

population

In 2011 the community had 46,841 inhabitants . Of these, 58% were black, 28% colored , 4% white and 9% other. 53% of the speakers spoke Setswana , 39% Afrikaans and 8% other languages.

Web links

• The community site (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Dikgatlong Local Municipality (NC092) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
2. ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
3. ↑ 2011 census: Dikgatlong . accessed on June 12, 2020