Mopani District Municipality
The Mopani District Municipality is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the district is Giyani. According to the 2016 Community Survey, it had a population of 1,159,185. The district code is DC33. After the 12th amendment to the Constitution of South Africa, parts of the Bohlabela District Municipality were incorporated into Mopani.
Geography
Neighbours
Mopani is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Name | Code | Seat | Area
| Population
| Dominant language |
| Ba-Phalaborwa | LIM334 | Phalaborwa | 7,489 | 168,937 | Tsonga |
| Greater Giyani | LIM331 | Giyani | 4,172 | 256,127 | Tsonga |
| Greater Letaba | LIM332 | Modjadjiskloof | 1,891 | 218,030 | Pedi |
| Greater Tzaneen | LIM333 | Tzaneen | 2,897 | 416,146 | Pedi, Tsonga |
| Maruleng | LIM335 | Hoedspruit | 3,563 | 99,946 | Pedi |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the Community Survey 2016.
| Language | Population | % |
| Northern Sotho | 537,240 | 46.35% |
| Tsonga | 518,462 | 44.73% |
| Sotho | 30,646 | 2.64% |
| Afrikaans | 19,370 | 1.67% |
| English | 8,349 | 0.72% |
| Venda | 4,397 | 0.38% |
| Zulu | 2,029 | 0.18% |
| Swati | 1,759 | 0.15% |
| Xhosa | 1,588 | 0.14% |
| Tswana | 881 | 0.08% |
| Khoi, Nama and San | 729 | 0.06% |
| Ndebele | 247 | 0.02% |
| Sign | 160 | 0.01% |
| Other | 7,984 | 0.69% |
| Not applicable | 25,236 | 2.18% |
| Not specified | 108 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
The following results are for the direct proportional representation election of members of the Mopani District Council on 3 August 2016.