Madibeng
| Madibeng Madibeng Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | northwest |
| District | Bojanala Platinum |
| Seat | Brits |
| surface | 3839 km² |
| Residents | 477,381 (October 2011) |
| density | 124 inhabitants per km² |
| key | NW372 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-NW |
| Website | www.madibeng.gov.za (English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Jostina Mmantina Mothibe |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Coordinates: 25 ° 25 ′ S , 27 ° 45 ′ E
Madibeng ( English Madibeng Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Bojanala Platinum district in the South African province of Northwest . The seat of the parish is in Brits .
The community is named after the Setswana term for “place of water” or “place of dams”.
The local government is run by the African National Congress . Mayor is Jostina Mmantina Mothibe.
places
- Bapong
- Brits
- Hartbeespoort
- Hebron
- Klipgat
- Letlhabile
- Maboloka
- Madibeng NU
- Mayakaneng
- Mmakau
- Modderspruit
- Mothutlung
- Oukasie
- Wonderkoppies
population
In 2011 the community had 477,381 inhabitants. 89.3% of them were black, 9.8% white, 0.9% colored and 0.5% Indian or Asian.
The first language was 42.8% Setswana, 10.8% Xitsonga , 8.8 % Afrikaans, 7.8% Sepedi , 6.2% Sesotho , 4.7% isiZulu , 4.5% isiXhosa , 3.5% English, 2.3% isiNdebele , 1.7% Tshivenda and 0.9% Siswati .
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Madibeng Local Municipality (NW372) . at www.localgovernment.co.za , accessed July 7, 2020.
- ↑ Madibeng LM: Executive Mayor . at www.madibeng.gov.za (English), accessed on July 7, 2020.
- ↑ 2011 census: Madibeng . accessed on July 7, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Madibeng . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).