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
editName | Code | Seat | Area (km2)[1] |
Population (2016)[2] |
Pop. density (per km2) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bojanala Platinum District Municipality | DC37 | Rustenburg | 18,333 | 2,585.25 | 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
editName | 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
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References
edit- ^ 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 20 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2017.