List of municipalities in the North West
The North West province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into four district municipalities which are in turn divided into eighteen 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) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bojanala Platinum District Municipality | DC37 | Rustenburg | 18,333 | 1,657,148 | 90.4 | |
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality | DC40 | Klerksdorp | 14,671 | 742,821 | 50.6 | |
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality | DC39 | Vryburg | 43,764 | 459,357 | 10.5 | |
Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality | DC38 | Mahikeng | 28,114 | 889,108 | 31.6 |
Local municipalities[]
Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km²)[1] |
Population (2016)[2] |
Pop. density (per km²) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City of Matlosana Local Municipality | NW403 | Dr Kenneth Kaunda | Klerksdorp | 3,602 | 417,282 | 115.8 | |
Ditsobotla Local Municipality | NW384 | Ngaka Modiri Molema | Lichtenburg | 6,387 | 181,865 | 28.5 | |
Greater Taung Local Municipality | NW394 | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | Taung | 5,639 | 167,827 | 29.8 | |
JB Marks Local Municipality | NW405 | Dr Kenneth Kaunda | Potchefstroom | 6,398 | 243,527 | 38.1 | |
Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality | NW397 | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | Ganyesa | 23,827 | 102,703 | 4.3 | |
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality | NW374 | Bojanala Platinum | Koster | 3,973 | 59,562 | 15.0 | |
Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality | NW396 | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | Christiana | 3,654 | 56,025 | 15.3 | |
Madibeng Local Municipality | NW372 | Bojanala Platinum | Brits | 3,720 | 536,110 | 144.1 | |
Mahikeng Local Municipality | NW383 | Ngaka Modiri Molema | Mahikeng | 3,646 | 314,394 | 86.2 | |
Mamusa Local Municipality | NW393 | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | Schweizer-Reneke | 3,614 | 64,000 | 17.7 | |
Maquassi Hills Local Municipality | NW404 | Dr Kenneth Kaunda | Wolmaransstad | 4,671 | 82,012 | 17.6 | |
Moretele Local Municipality | NW371 | Bojanala Platinum | Makapanstad | 1,498 | 191,306 | 127.7 | |
Moses Kotane Local Municipality | NW375 | Bojanala Platinum | Mogwase | 5,726 | 243,648 | 42.5 | |
Naledi Local Municipality | NW392 | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | Vryburg | 7,030 | 68,803 | 9.8 | |
Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality | NW385 | Ngaka Modiri Molema | Zeerust | 7,323 | 157,690 | 21.5 | |
Ratlou Local Municipality | NW381 | Ngaka Modiri Molema | Setlagole | 4,884 | 106,108 | 21.7 | |
Rustenburg Local Municipality | NW373 | Bojanala Platinum | Rustenburg | 3,416 | 626,522 | 183.4 | |
Tswaing Local Municipality | NW382 | Ngaka Modiri Molema | Delareyville | 5,875 | 129,052 | 22.0 |
Former municipalities[]
These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
---|---|---|---|
Kagisano Local Municipality | NW391 | 18 May 2011 | Merged to create Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality |
Molopo Local Municipality | NW395 | 18 May 2011 | |
Ventersdorp Local Municipality | NW401 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create JB Marks Local Municipality |
Tlokwe Local Municipality | NW402 | 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 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
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