Moretele

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Moretele
Moretele Local Municipality
Map of the North West with Moretele highlighted (2016) .svg
Basic data
Country South Africa
province northwest
District Bojanala PlatinumTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Makapanstad
surface 1379 km²
Residents 186,947 (October 2011)
density 136 inhabitants per km²
key NW371
ISO 3166-2 ZA-NW
Website www.moretele.org.za (English)
politics
mayor Andries Makinta Monaheng
Political party African National Congress

Coordinates: 25 ° 10 ′  S , 28 ° 5 ′  E

Moretele ( English Moretele Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Bojanala Platinum district in the South African province of Northwest . The seat of the municipality is in Makapanstad .

The municipality is named after the river of the same name that flows through the municipality. The local government is run by the African National Congress . Mayor is Andries Makinta Monaheng.

places

population

In 2011 the community had 186,947 inhabitants. 99.4% of them were black.

First language was 51.6% Setswana , 13.8 % Sepedi , 18.4% Xitsonga , each 3.5% isiNdebele and isiZulu , 2.9% Sesotho , 1.4% English, 1, 3% Tshivenda and 0.7% each isiXhosa and Siswati .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Moretele Local Municipality (NW371) . at www.localgovernment.co.za (English), accessed July 8, 2020.
  2. 2011 census: Moretele . accessed on July 8, 2020.
  3. Statistics South Africa : More Tele . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).