List of municipalities in Limpopo
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Limpopo province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into five district municipalities which are in turn divided into twenty-two local municipalities.
In the following map, the district municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.
District municipalities
Name | Code | Seat | Area (km2)[1] |
Population (2016)[2] |
Pop. density (per km2) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Capricorn District Municipality | DC35 | Polokwane | 21,705 | 1,330,436 | 61.3 | |
Mopani District Municipality | DC33 | Giyani | 20,011 | 1,159,185 | 57.9 | |
Sekhukhune District Municipality | DC47 | Groblersdal | 13,528 | 1,169,762 | 86.5 | |
Vhembe District Municipality | DC34 | Thohoyandou | 25,596 | 1,393,949 | 54.5 | |
Waterberg District Municipality | DC36 | Modimolle | 44,913 | 745,758 | 16.6 |
Local municipalities
Former municipalities
These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Bohlabela District Municipality | CBDC4 | 1 March 2006 | Annexed by Ehlanzeni and Mopani District Municipalities |
Mutale Local Municipality | LIM342 | 3 August 2016 | Annexed by Musina and Thulamela Local Municipalities |
Aganang Local Municipality | LIM352 | 3 August 2016 | Annexed by Blouberg, Molemole and Polokwane Local Municipalities |
Mookgopong Local Municipality | LIM364 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality |
Modimolle Local Municipality | LIM365 | 3 August 2016 | |
Fetakgomo Local Municipality | LIM474 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality |
Greater Tubatse Local Municipality | LIM475 | 3 August 2016 |
References
- ^ a b "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
- ^ a b "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2017.