OUR REGION
Frances Baard District Municipality is the smallest district in the Northern
Cape. Its area accounts for 3,4% of the total area of the province. However,
the District Municipality accommodates the largest proportion of the population
of the province, giving it the largest population density (26,2 persons per
square km) in the province (Frances Baard District 2005/06 IDP).
The area of jurisdiction falling under the Frances Baard District Municipality
includes the Frances Baard District Management Area and the four local municipalities
of Dikgatlong, Magareng, Phokwane and Sol Plaatje. Two of these municipalities
have been identified for assistance under Project Consolidate. These are Phokwane
and Dikgatlong local municipalities. The city of Kimberley, which is the seat
of the District Municipality and of the Northern Cape legislature, is located
in Sol Plaatje Municipality, the largest of the four. The Vaal, Harts and
Orange rivers run through the District (Gaffney’s Local Government in
SA 2004-2006).
The District Municipality has a total population of 324 798 people or 40,2%
of the provincial population. About 62% of the population of Frances Baard
District Municipality lives in Sol Plaatje municipality, which is highly urbanised.
Unlike other districts in the province the population is dominated by Africans
(Tswana, Sotho, Xhosa, etc – 60,5%) rather than coloured, as it is the
case in other districts (2005/06 IDP). There are 83 653 households in the
district. (Statistics SA, Census 2001).
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