Mopani District Municipality

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Mopani is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Mopani is Giyani. The majority of its 964 195 people speak Tsonga or Northern Sotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC33. After the 12th amendment of the Constitution of South Africa part of the area of the Bohlabela district was incorporated into Mopani.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Neighbours 1.2 Local municipalities 2 Demographics 2.1 Gender 2.2 Ethnic group 2.3 Age 3 Politics 3.1 Election results 4 References

[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbours

Mopani is surrounded by:

• the republic of Zimbabwe to the north
• the republic of Mozambique to the east
• Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the south
• Sekhukhune (DC35) to the south-west
• Capricorn (DC35) to the west
• Vhembe (DC34) to the north-west

[edit] Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%
Greater Tzaneen	375 588	38.95%
Greater Giyani	237 436	24.63%
Greater Letaba	220 126	22.83%
Ba-Phalaborwa	131 081	13.59%

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Tsonga	468 120	48.55%
Northern Sotho	446 993	46.36%
Afrikaans	18 131	1.88%
Sotho	13 145	1.36%
English	6 028	0.63%
Venda	4 518	0.47%
Zulu	2 149	0.22%
Swati	2 014	0.21%
Tswana	1 042	0.11%
Other	923	0.10%
Xhosa	833	0.09%
Ndebele	335	0.03%

[edit] Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	525 744	54.53%
Male	438 451	45.47%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	940 970	97.59%
White	21 457	2.23%
Coloured	1 191	0.12%
Indian/Asian	577	0.06%

[edit] Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	104 678	10.86%
005 - 009	127 340	13.21%
010 - 014	137 175	14.23%
015 - 019	125 872	13.05%
020 - 024	90 804	9.42%
025 - 029	72 105	7.48%
030 - 034	58 523	6.07%
035 - 039	53 565	5.56%
040 - 044	44 346	4.60%
045 - 049	37 952	3.94%
050 - 054	27 961	2.90%
055 - 059	19 667	2.04%
060 - 064	19 862	2.06%
065 - 069	14 470	1.50%
070 - 074	13 493	1.40%
075 - 079	6 466	0.67%
080 - 084	6 243	0.65%
085 - 089	2 011	0.21%
090 - 094	1 145	0.12%
095 - 099	368	0.04%
100 plus	149	0.02%

[edit] Politics

[edit] Election results

Election results for Mopani in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 515 110 [53.42% of total population]
• Total votes: 304 747 [31.61% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 59.16% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	275 058	90.26%
Democratic Alliance	11 012	3.61%
African Christian Democratic Party	5 800	1.90%
United Democratic Movement	4 444	1.46%
Pan African Congress	1 986	0.65%
New National Party	1 119	0.37%
Azanian People's Organisation	998	0.33%
Freedom Front Plus	904	0.30%
Inkhata Freedom Party	696	0.23%
Independent Democrats	533	0.17%
United Christian Democratic Party	425	0.14%
NA	326	0.11%
SOPA	248	0.08%
PJC	234	0.08%
EMSA	208	0.07%
CDP	202	0.07%
UF	170	0.06%
TOP	141	0.05%
Minority Front	84	0.03%
KISS	83	0.03%
NLP	76	0.02%
Total	304 747	100.00%

[edit] References

• Mopani DM Official Wesbite
• Municipal Demarcation Board
• Stats SA Census 2001 page
• Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results

Coordinates: 23°19′S, 30°43′E