Capricorn District Municipality


The Capricorn District Municipality is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The capital is Polokwane. As of 2011, the vast majority of its 1,261,463 residents spoke [Northern Sotho language|Sotho language|Northern Sotho] as their home language. The district code is DC35.
WWW cdm.org.za

Geography

Neighbours

Capricorn is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Polokwane508 27244.02%Northern Sotho
Lepelle-Nkumpi227 96519.74%Northern Sotho
Blouberg161 32613.97%Northern Sotho
Aganang (was amalgamated into other municipalities in 2016) 147 68612.79%Northern Sotho
Molemole109 4429.48%Northern Sotho

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
LanguagePopulation%
Northern Sotho1 055 42184.90%
Afrikaans36 9012.97%
Tsonga32 3792.60%
English25 1772.03%
Ndebele24 7331.99%
Other18 4891.49%
Venda17 4771.41%
Zulu11 6710.94%
Sotho8 1700.66%
Tswana6 9900.56%
Xhosa2 1670.17%
Swati1 4180.11%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Capricorn in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 601 852
  • Total votes: 341 004
  • Voting % estimate: 56.66% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress301 12588.31%
Democratic Alliance14 2084.17%
United Democratic Movement6 2381.83%
African Christian Democratic Party4 5711.34%
Pan African Congress3 1430.92%
Azanian People's Organisation2 9210.86%
Freedom Front Plus2 2960.67%
New National Party2 2490.66%
Independent Democrats7640.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party5870.17%
United Christian Democratic Party4970.15%
NA4910.14%
EMSA3280.10%
SOPA3000.09%
PJC2770.08%
TOP2280.07%
UF2150.06%
CDP2130.06%
KISS1250.04%
NLP1210.04%
Minority Front1070.03%
Total341 004100.00%