Siyancuma
| Siyancuma Siyancuma Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | North Cape |
| District | Pixley Ka Seme |
| Seat | Douglas |
| surface | 10,024 km² |
| Residents | 37,076 (October 2011) |
| density | 3.7 inhabitants per km² |
| key | NC078 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-NC |
| Website | www.siyancuma.gov.za (English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Lorraine Olifant |
Coordinates: 29 ° 3 ′ S , 23 ° 46 ′ E
Siyancuma Local Municipality (formerly Griekwastad , English Siyancuma Local Municipality Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the district of Pixley Ka Seme of the South African province of Northern Cape in South Africa . The seat of the local government is in Douglas . Mayor is Lorraine Oliphant.
The name of the church is an isiXhosa term for 'we smile'. The original inhabitants of the parish were Batswana , Griqua and other mixed race. The dismantling of the apartheid laws brought back smiles on the faces of the residents according to the community name.
Localities
- Breipaal
- Campbell
- Douglas
- Griekwastad
- Mathlomola
- Phelindaba
- Schmidtsdrift
population
In 2011 the community had 37,076 inhabitants. Of these, 57.5% were colored , 33% black and 7.5% white. 88.9 % of the speakers were Afrikaans, 5.1% Setswana and 1.3% English.
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Siyancuma Local Municipality (NC078) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ↑ 2011 census: Siyancuma . accessed on August 21, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Siyancuma . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).