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Phokwane Local Municipality
Local municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phokwane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Phokwane; Afrikaans: Phokwane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name means "small Billy goat" in Setswana.[4]
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Phokwane | |
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![]() Location in the Northern Cape | |
Coordinates: 27°50′S 24°50′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | Frances Baard |
Seat | Hartswater |
Wards | 10 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Vuyisile Khen |
Area | |
• Total | 834 km2 (322 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 63,000 |
• Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 81.9% |
• Coloured | 11.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 6.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 66.6% |
• Afrikaans | 18.9% |
• Xhosa | 5.6% |
• English | 3.9% |
• Other | 5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NC094 |
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