Thabazimbi (municipality)
| Thabazimbi Thabazimbi Local Municipality |
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Motto "Working together for Prosperity." 'Working together for prosperity .' |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Limpopo | |
| District | Waterberg | |
| Seat | Thabazimbi | |
| surface | 9862 km² | |
| Residents | 85,234 (October 2011) | |
| density | 8.6 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | LIM361 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | |
| Website | www.thabazimbi.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | John Michael Fischer | |
Coordinates: 24 ° 36 ' S , 27 ° 23' E
Thabazimbi ( English Thabazimbi Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Waterberg district of the South African province of Limpopo . The seat of the municipal administration is in Thabazimbi . John Michael Fischer (Thabazimbi Residents Association) is the mayor.
The community is named after the North Sotho phrase "Thaba ya Tsipi", which means "mountain of iron", referring to the iron ore mines in the local mountains.
In the local elections in 2016 , a coalition of the Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters and other parties replaced the African National Congress .
Cities / places
- Amandelbult (Amandelbult Mine Town)
- Dwaalboom
- Leeupoort
- Northam
- Rooiberg
- Thabazimbi
population
85,234 inhabitants live in an area of 9,862 km² (as of 2011). 84.3% of them were black and 14.4% were white.
First languages were 38% Setswana , 14.5% Afrikaans , 11.4% IsiXhosa , 7.3% Sepedi , 6.8% Xitsonga , 3.6% Sesotho , 3.3% English 2% isiZulu , 1.2% Tshivenda , 0.9% isiNdebele and 0.7% Siswati .
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Thabazimbi Local Municipality (LIM361) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ↑ Thabazimbi Local Municipality: Thabazimbi Mine . on www.thabazimbi.gov.za (English).
- ^ African News Agency: Thabazimbi mayor blames sabotage for why she works on the floor. at www.citizen.co.za (English), accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ 2011 census: Thabazimbi . accessed on August 1, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Thabazimbi . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).