Namakwa District Municipality
The Namakwa District Municipality is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. As of 2011, a majority of its 108,118 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC6.
Community-based climate-adaptation projects in the district have been supported through the Community Adaptation Small Grants Facility, with Conservation South Africa serving as the Namakwa facilitating agency.
Geography
Neighbours
Namakwa is surrounded by:- the republic of Namibia in the north
- ZF Mgcawu in the north-east
- Pixley ka Seme in the east
- Central Karoo in the south-east
- Cape Winelands – in the south
- West Coast in the south-west
- the Atlantic Ocean in the west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % |
| Nama Khoi | 44 752 | 41.39% |
| Hantam | 19 804 | 18.32% |
| Khâi-Ma | 11 348 | 10.50% |
| Kamiesberg | 10 743 | 9.94% |
| Karoo Hoogland | 10 508 | 9.72% |
| Richtersveld | 10 119 | 9.36% |
| Namaqualand | 813 | 0.75% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.| Language | Population | % |
| Afrikaans | 103,304 | 95.55% |
| Xhosa | 1 595 | 1.48% |
| Tswana | 1 211 | 1.12% |
| English | 1 143 | 1.06% |
| Other | 415 | 0.38% |
| Sotho | 219 | 0.20% |
| Zulu | 116 | 0.11% |
| Tsonga | 26 | 0.02% |
| Northern Sotho | 18 | 0.02% |
| Venda | 16 | 0.01% |
| Swati | 15 | 0.01% |
| Ndebele | 9 | 0.01% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Namakwa in the South African general election, 2004.- Population 18 and over: 70 397
- Total votes: 44 220
- Voting % estimate: 62.82% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 26 557 | 60.06% |
| Democratic Alliance | 7 104 | 16.07% |
| New National Party | 4 379 | 9.90% |
| Independent Democrats | 4 216 | 9.53% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 867 | 1.96% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 536 | 1.21% |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 75 | 0.17% |
| United Democratic Movement | 63 | 0.14% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 54 | 0.12% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 49 | 0.11% |
| NA | 42 | 0.09% |
| EMSA | 39 | 0.09% |
| PJC | 38 | 0.09% |
| KISS | 37 | 0.08% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 34 | 0.08% |
| CDP | 28 | 0.06% |
| SOPA | 27 | 0.06% |
| TOP | 23 | 0.05% |
| NLP | 20 | 0.05% |
| UF | 18 | 0.04% |
| Minority Front | 14 | 0.03% |
| Total | 44 220 | 100.00% |