North Cape (Province)

Noord-Kaap Northern Cape Kapa Bokone Mntla-Koloni North Cape
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	South Africa
Capital	Kimberley
surface	372,889 km²
Residents	1,145,861 (2011)
density	3.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ZA-NC
Website	www.northern-cape.gov.za (English)
politics
prime minister	Zamani Saul
Political party	ANC

Coordinates: 29 °  S , 22 °  E

The North Cape Province ( Afrikaans Noord-Kaap , English Northern Cape , Setswana : Kapa Bokone , IsiXhosa Mntla-Koloni ) is located in the northwest of the Republic of South Africa . The province is the largest province in South Africa (about 30.5% of the area), but also the least populated, both in terms of population density (3.1 inhabitants / km²) and in absolute terms (1,145,861 of 51,770. 561 inhabitants, as of 2011).

The North Cape borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west and Botswana and Namibia to the north . The province was formed in 1994 when the Cape Province was divided.

Districts with the parishes

North Cape with its districts (2016)

The province is divided into five district and 26 local parishes .

	District	Local parishes
1.	Frances Baard	Dikgatlong , Magareng , Phokwane and Sol Plaatjie
2.	John Taolo Gaetsewe (formerly Kgalagadi District )	Gamagara , Ga-Segonyana, and Joe Morolong
3.	Namakwa (Namaqua)	Hantam , Kamiesberg , Karoo Hoogland , Khâi-Ma , Nama Khoi and Richtersveld
4th	Pixley Ka Seme	Emthanjeni , Kareeberg , Renosterberg , Siyancuma , Siyathemba , Thembelihle , Ubuntu and Umsobomvu
5.	ZF Mgcawu	Dawid Kruiper , Kai ǃGarib , Kgatelopele , ǃKheis and Tsantsabane

towns and places

Over 50,000 residents

• Kimberley
• Upington

10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

• Barkly West
• Colesberg
• De Aar
• Jan Kempdorp
• Kathu
• Kuruman
• Postmasburg
• Prieska
• Springbok
• Victoria West
• Warrenton

less than 10,000 inhabitants

• Alexander Bay
• Carnarvon
• Fraserburg
• Garies
• Griekwastad
• Groblershoop
• Hartswater
• Keimoes
• Orania
• Pofadder
• Port Nolloth
• Strydenburg
• Sutherland
• Vanderkloof
• Williston

politics

Distribution of seats in the provincial assembly of the North Cape:

ANC (18)

DA (8)

EFF (3)

VF + (1)

In the 2019 elections to the Provincial Legislature , the ANC remained the strongest party in the Northern Cape Province despite losses. The mandates are distributed as follows.

Political party	Seats	+/-
African National Congress (ANC)	18th	−2
Democratic Alliance (DA)	8th	+1
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)	3	+1
Vryheidsfront Plus (VF +)	1	+1
total	30th

National parks and nature reserves

National parks

• Augrabies Falls National Park
• Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park (partly formerly Kalahari Gemsbok National Park )
• Mokala National Park
• Namaqua National Park
• Richtersveld National Park
• Tankwa Karoo National Park

Nature reserves

Akkerendam Nature Reserve Benfontein Nature Reserve Billy Duvenhage Nature Reserve Carnarvon Nature Reserve The Bos Nature Reserve Doornkloof Nature Reserve Dronfield Nature Reserve Goegap Nature Reserve Kamfersdam Karoo Gariep Conservancy Molyneux Nature Reserve

Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve Riemvasmaak Community Conservancy Rolfontein Nature Reserve Skilpad Wildflower Reserve Spitzkop Nature Reserve Tierberg Nature Reserve Tswalu Kalahari Reserve Victoria West Nature Reserve Witsand Nature Reserve

Population and languages

Distribution of languages ​​in the North Cape (2001 census):

Afrikaans

English

isiXhosa

Setswana

no dominant language

According to the results of the 2011 census, 50.4% of the population belonged to the black population, 40.3% to the Coloreds ( Afrikaans : Kleurlinge , literally "colored"), 7.1% to the whites and 0.7% to the Indians and Asians .

53.8% of the population gave Afrikaans as their mother tongue, Setswana 33.1%, isiXhosa 5.3%, English 3.4%, Sesotho 1.3%.

Population development

The following overview shows the population by area since the 1996 census.

year	population
1996 (census)	1,011,864
2001 (census)	991.919
2011 (census)	1,145,861
2018 (estimate)	1,225,600

See also : Demography of South Africa

Web links

Commons : Northern Cape  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Provincial administration website. on www.northern-cape.gov.za (English)
• Northern Cape Tourism Authority. on www.northerncape.org.za (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics South Africa : Census 2011, Census in brief . online at www.statssa.gov.za (English, PDF file; 2.8 MB), PDF document p. 23, doc. p. 18.
2. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Northern Cape Municipalities . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
3. ^ Statistics South Africa : Northern Cape . on www.statssa.gov.za (English), interactive map.
4. ↑ Statistics South Africa (Ed.): Census 2011: Census in brief . Pretoria 2012, ISBN 978-0-621-41388-5 ( gov.za [PDF]).
5. ↑ South Africa: Provinces and Major Settlements - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather, and Web Information. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .