Frances Baard District Municipality


The Frances Baard District Municipality, 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 2022, the majority of its 434,342 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC9.
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.

Geography

Neighbours

Frances Baard is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation %
Sol Plaatje270 078
Phokwane80 481
Dikgatlong56 967
Magareng26 816

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2022 census.

Politics

Election results

Election results for Frances Baard in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 206 209
  • Total votes: 129 954
  • Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over
PartyVotes%
African National Congress98 21975.58%
Democratic Alliance14 16410.90%
Independent Democrats5 0863.91%
New National Party4 0983.15%
African Christian Democratic Party2 2111.70%
Azanian People's Organisation1 4981.15%
Freedom Front Plus1 2590.97%
United Christian Democratic Party1 0770.83%
Pan African Congress8420.65%
Inkhata Freedom Party3940.30%
United Democratic Movement3470.27%
NA1090.08%
EMSA1000.08%
PJC890.07%
SOPA890.07%
CDP800.06%
NLP760.06%
UF670.05%
KISS570.04%
TOP570.04%
Minority Front350.03%
Total129 954100.00%