Rustenburg (municipality)
| Rustenburg Rustenburg Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | northwest |
| District | Bojanala Platinum |
| Seat | Rustenburg |
| surface | 3423 km² |
| Residents | 549,575 (October 2011) |
| density | 161 inhabitants per km² |
| key | NW373 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-NW |
| Website | www.rustenburg.gov.za (English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Mpho Khonou |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Coordinates: 25 ° 40 ′ S , 27 ° 20 ′ E
Rustenburg ( English Rustenburg Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Bojanala Platinum district in the South African province of Northwest . The seat of the community is in Rustenburg .
The community is named after the administrative seat of Rustenburg, which means "resting place" or "city of calm". The local government is run by the African National Congress , which is a minority in the council. Mayor is Mpho Khonou.
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population
In 2011 the community had 549,575 inhabitants. 88.5% of these were black, 9.4% white, 0.9% colored and 0.8% Indian or Asian.
The first language was Setswana in 52.4% , Afrikaans in 9.6%, IsiXhosa in 9.3% , Xitsonga in 5.4% , English in 5.2%, Sesotho in 5.1% , and isiZulu in 2.8% , 1.8% Sepedi and 1% isiNdebele .
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Rustenburg Local Municipality (NW373) . at www.localgovernment.co.za (English), accessed July 8, 2020.
- ↑ 2011 census: Rustenburg . accessed on July 8, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Rustenburg . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).