Lekwa-Teemane
| Lekwa-Teemane Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality |
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Motto "E Isago Ntsha Mmogo" |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | northwest | |
| District | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | |
| Seat | Christiana | |
| surface | 3681 km² | |
| Residents | 53,248 (October 2011) | |
| density | 14 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | NW396 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-NW | |
| Website | www.lekwateemane.co.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Kagiso Palagangwe | |
Coordinates: 27 ° 39 ′ S , 25 ° 12 ′ E
Lekwa-teemane local municipality ( English lekwa-teemane local municipality Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the district Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality of the province of North West in South Africa . The administrative headquarters are in Christiana .
The community is named after the Setswana words for the river Vaal ( Lekwa ) and for diamond ( Teemane ).
Localities
population
In 2011 the community had 53,248 inhabitants. Of these, 81.2% were black, 10.4% white and 7.4% colored .
63.3% of the first language was Setswana, 17.5% Afrikaans, 5.9% Sesotho , 5.4% IsiXhosa , 2.1% English, 1.2% isiZulu and 0.8% isiNdebele .
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality (NW396) . on www.localgovernment.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ↑ 2011 census: Lekwa-Teemane . accessed on July 7, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Lekwa-Teemane . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).