Frances_Baard_District_Municipality

Frances Baard District Municipality

Frances Baard District Municipality

District municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Afrikaans: Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana.[4] The district code is DC9.

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Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.[5]

Geography

Neighbours

Frances Baard is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

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Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

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Gender

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Ethnic group

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Age

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Politics

Election results

Election results for Frances Baard in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 206 209 [63.49% of total population]
  • Total votes: 129 954 [40.01% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over
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References

  1. [1]
    "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. [4]
    Municipal Profiles Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    Du Toit, A. 2009. "Baard only honoured after death" Noordkaap newspaper 19 Aug 2009:2
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