Waterberg (District)
| Waterberg Waterberg District Municipality |
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Motto "For Prosperity And Stability" 'For Prosperity and Stability' |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Limpopo | |
| Seat | Modimolle | |
| surface | 44,913 km² | |
| Residents | 679,336 (October 2011) | |
| density | 15 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC36 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | |
| Website | www.waterberg.gov.za (English) | |
| politics | ||
| mayor | SM Mataboge | |
Coordinates: 24 ° 42 ′ S , 28 ° 24 ′ E
Waterberg is a district within Limpopo Province in South Africa . 679,336 inhabitants live in an area of 44,913 km² (as of October 2011). The seat of the district administration is Modimolle .
The district is named after the Waterberg Mountains .
Municipalities ( Local Municipalities )
- Bela-Bela
- Lephalals
- Mogalakwena
- Modimolle-Mookgophong (created in 2016 from the union of Mookgophong and Modimolle )
- Thabazimbi
National parks and nature reserves
- Marakele National Park
- Nylsvlei Nature Reserve 3,100 ha, 20 km south of Mookgophong
- Lapalala Nature Reserve
- Waterberg Biosphere Reserve , about 15,000 km²
Demographic data
Data status 2001, census .
| language | Residents | % |
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| Sepedi | 357.106 | 58.15% |
| Setswana | 75,745 | 12.33% |
| Xitsonga | 57,516 | 9.37% |
| Afrikaans | 52,375 | 8.53% |
| isiNdebele | 29,724 | 4.84% |
| Sesotho | 11,746 | 1.91% |
| isiXhosa | 10,077 | 1.64% |
| English | 5,842 | 0.95% |
| Tshivenda | 4,442 | 0.72% |
| isiZulu | 2,968 | 0.48% |
| Siswati | 1,785 | 0.29% |
| other | 4,796 | 0.78% |
Web links
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Administrative boundaries of South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ↑ Municipal statistics South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
